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Jun 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987jats...44.1666p&link_type=abstract
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (ISSN 0022-4928), vol. 44, June 15, 1987, p. 1666-1668.
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Atmospheric Moisture, Earth Atmosphere, Energy Transfer, Mars Atmosphere, Micrometeorology, Carbon Dioxide, Climatology, Heat Flux, Latitude, Planetary Meteorology, Polar Regions, Planets, Earth, Mars, Atmosphere, Heating, Energy, Flux, Surface, Water, Comparisons, Carbon Dioxide, Meteorology, Climate, Temperature, Diagrams, Seasonal Variations
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The character of the earth's atmospheric heat engine depends, inter alia, on the relatively tight linkage between surface fluxes of energy and of H2O. On Mars, on the other hand, H2O-based latent heat fluxes are only a trivial fraction of total surface energy fluxes, and the dominant component of the working fluid is CO2. These considerations are made quantitative through evaluation of Lambda, the equivalent temperature excess at the surface for a particular component of the working fluid. The very different values (and latitudinal distribution) of Lambda on the two planets signalize vividly their different meteorology. Preliminary study of the climatology of Lambda on earth brings out, in particular, the tightness of the H2O-energy linkage in the tropics.
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