Saltation transport on Mars

Details Saltation transport on Mars Saltation transport on Mars

2007-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/0705.1776v1

Physical Review Letters 98, 198001 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.198001

We present the first calculation of saltation transport and dune formation on Mars and compare it to real dunes. We find that the rate at which grains are entrained into saltation on Mars is one order of magnitude higher than on Earth. With this fundamental novel ingredient, we reproduce the size and different shapes of Mars dunes, and give an estimate for the wind velocity on Mars.

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