Oct 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985sci...230..175t&link_type=abstract
Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 230, Oct. 11, 1985, p. 175-177.
Physics
104
Dust Storms, Mars Atmosphere, Mars Surface, Clouds, Convection, Height, Imagery, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft, Mars, Dust, Clouds, Altitude, Viking Missions, Orbiters, Imagery, Wind, Photographs, Spacecraft Observations, Remote Sensing, Analysis, Storms, Transport, Meteorology, Weather
Scientific paper
Viking Orbiter photographic imagery has confirmed the occurrence of dust devils on Mars. The images were of small bright clouds with long, tapered shadows viewed from a nearly-nadir angle. Spectra of the features were consistent with dust and not condensates. A maximum height of 6.8 km and width of 1 km were measured. The dust devils appeared on smooth planes, and had average dimensions of 2 km height and 200 m diam, carrying 3000 kg of dust. The data may be of use in interpreting convective processes on earth.
Gierasch Peter J.
Thomas Patrick
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