A local dust storm in the Chryse region of Mars - Viking Orbiter observations

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Aug 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8..903j&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Aug. 1981, p. 903-906.

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Baroclinic Waves, Dust Storms, Mars Surface, Satellite Observation, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft, Albedo, Mariner 9 Space Probe, Viking Lander 1, Mars, Dust Storms, Chryse Planitia, Viking 1 Lander, Observations, Winds, Meteorology, Photographs, Lunae Planum, Topography, Imagery, Atmosphere, Clouds, Composition, Structure

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A local dust storm was observed near the Viking Lander 1 site by Viking Orbiter 1 in September, 1977, when the areocentric longitude of the sun (Ls) was 340 deg (shortly before vernal equinox). The orbiter observations, which consisted of a time sequence of pictures, show that the storm moved at about 50 m/sec to the ENE from the Lunae-Planum region into the Chryse basin. Both baroclinic waves and topography may have been associated with the generation of the storm.

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