Local Mars dust storm generation mechanism

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Aug 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8..899r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Aug. 1981, p. 899-901.

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Baroclinic Waves, Dust Storms, Mars Surface, Satellite Observation, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft, Wind Velocity, Diurnal Variations, Gusts, Temperature Gradients, Viking Lander 1, Wind Effects, Mars, Dust Storms, Viking 1 Lander, Baroclinity, Waves, Wind, Velocity, Saltation, Meteorology, Equipment, Data, Pressure, Temperatures, Diurnal Variations

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On an areocentric solar longitude of 340 deg, first Mars year of Viking on the surface, a local dust storm was observed at the Viking Lander No. 1 site by Viking Orbiter A. The storm lasted less than one Martian day (sol) with the dust raised affecting the site for about three sols. It is concluded that this storm was caused by baroclinic waves and that the threshold wind speed for saltation was 25-30 m/sec.

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