Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008p%26ss...56..887x&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, Volume 56, Issue 7, p. 887-894.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
We propose a conceptual model to interpret AM/PM high albedo events (HAEs) in crater interiors at the Martian seasonal polar caps. This model consists of two components: (1) a relatively permanent high-albedo water ice body exposed in a crater interior and (2) a variable crater albedo in response to aerosol optical depth, dust contamination, and H2O/CO2 frost deposits or sublimes in four phases, based on temperature and solar longitude changes. Two craters (Korolev crater of fully exposed water ice layer and ‘Louth’ crater of partially exposed water ice layer) are used to demonstrate the model. This model explains the HAEs and their seasonal changes and suggests that many crater-like features formed in the last episodic advance of the polar ice cap in the last high obliquity period should have water ice exposed or covered. For the AM-only HAEs craters, there seems no need of a water ice layer to be fully exposed, but a subsurface water ice layer (or ice-rich regolith) is a necessary condition.
Ackley S. F.
Guan Hong
Thueson M.
Xie Hehu
Yue Zhiguo
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