The Martian lower atmosphere

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Nov 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981natur.294..310l&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 294, Nov. 26, 1981, p. 310, 311.

Physics

Atmospheric Circulation, Lower Atmosphere, Mars Atmosphere, Atmospheric Models, Dust Storms, Ice, Jupiter Atmosphere, Polar Caps, Venus Clouds, Viking Mars Program, Mars, Atmosphere, Viking 1 Lander, Viking 2 Lander, Pressure, Nitrogen, Weather, Climate, Circulation, Seasonal Variations, Radiation, Models, Polar Regions, Water, Carbon Dioxide, Albedo, Dust, Waves, Flux, Milankovitch M, Regolith

Scientific paper

Lower atmospheric behavior on Mars is modelled on the basis of data from the Viking Landers. As much as 30% of the atmosphere circulated between the poles seasonally, and the growth and decline of the CO2 south polar ice cap has been seen to be independent of dust storms. The dust storms can occur locally or globally, and Hadley circulation (zonal, tropical, symmetric) has been affirmed in the global case, a factor which possesses implications for circulation in models of the cloud-top levels of Venus and Jupiter. Travelling midlatitude waves were found to have longer wavelengths and be more regular than travelling cyclones and anticyclones of terrestrial midlatitudes. The discussions were from papers presented at the Mars colloquium at the California Institute of Technology in August, 1981.

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