Vertical transport of water ice at low latitudes in the Martian atmosphere

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May 1992

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 19, no. 9, May 4, 1992, p. 945-948.

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Atmospheric Moisture, Ice Clouds, Mars Atmosphere, Tropical Regions, Vertical Motion, Atmospheric Temperature, Condensing, Occultation, Optical Thickness, Sublimation, Temperature Profiles

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It is shown that upwelling in the ascending branch of the Hadley cell is capable of supplying water ice across the cold saturated area, to the nonsaturated layer below the clouds, where ice may sublimate and condense again at cloud level. Various constraints may be introduced relating to the coagulation probability during the upward transport phase, the minimum amount of H2O that must be deposited at the sublimation level and the IR optical thickness of ice particles. It is demonstrated that these constraints are jointly satisfied for reasonable values of parameters, indicating that a quantity of water ice in the shape of small particles may be present in the middle atmosphere above equatorial regions.

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