Observed changes in limb clouds immediately prior to the onset of planet-encircling dust storms

Details Observed changes in limb clouds immediately prior to the onset of planet-encircling dust storms Observed changes in limb clouds immediately prior to the onset of planet-encircling dust storms

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992msat.work...99m&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on the Martian Surface and Atmosphere Through Time p 99-100 (SEE N92-28988 19-91)

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Annual Variations, Cycles, Dust Storms, Mars (Planet), Planetary Meteorology, Wind (Meteorology), Atmospheric Circulation, Mars Environment, Mars Surface, Nomenclatures

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Of the several size and nomenclature groupings of Martian dust storms, it is the plane-encircling or truly runaway dust storms that are of most concern to both the theoreticians and mission planners. Once believed to be regularly seasonal, it is now known that they are not annual occurrences and that the few we know about occurred within at least one-third of Mars' seasonal cycle. We cannot confirm that any were observed before 1956, and not one has been observed since 1982 (the classification of that event as 'encircling' is an interpretation of observation from a single point on the planet's surface). If these storms occur in cycles, we do not know the lengths or causes of the cycles. Regional and local dust storms occur more frequently and throughout the Martian year, but the underlying question is how do some become runaways, encircling the planet, while the others die out, usually within a few days. An investigation of this topic is presented.

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