Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997dps....29.0611p&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #29, #06.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 29, p.968
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We use a three variable model that is analogous to the classical Lorenz model of nonperiodic flow (Lorenz, J. Atmos. Sci., 20, 130-141, 1963) to describe the dynamics of the Martian atmosphere with dust. The three variables represent the cross-equatorial Hadley circulation, and asymmetries in horizontal and vertical distributions of atmospheric dust, respectively. Absorption of sunlight by the dust enhances circulation that changes horizontal and vertical dust distributions. Our model resembles the model of Ingersoll and Lyons (Ingersoll and Lyons, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 10951-10961, 1993) in that it uses hemispheric dust distribution as a variable, but we also use vertical dust distribution and treat circulation explicitly. It is well known that the solutions of the Lorenz system are unstable and some of them are nonperiodic. We suggest that aperiodicity of the Martian dust storms can be explained in the light of the presented analogy as an intrinsic property of the Martian global circulation.
Ingersoll P. A. P. A.
Pankine Alexey
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