Global patterns in cloud forms on Mars

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Feb 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981icar...45..468f&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 45, Feb. 1981, p. 468-493.

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Annual Variations, Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Moisture, Clouds (Meteorology), Lee Waves, Mars Atmosphere, Cloud Photography, Computer Techniques, Equatorial Atmosphere, Fog, Haze, Mariner 9 Space Probe, Plumes, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft, Mars, Clouds, Patterns, Mariner 9, Viking 1 Orbiter, Viking 2 Orbiter, Catalogs, Imagery, Classification, Properties, Seasons, Latitude, Models, Water Vapor, Abundance, Boundary Layers, Convection, Winds, Computer Techniques, Photographs, Distribution, Comparisons

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Mariner 9 images and all Viking orbiter images through July 1979 were searched for cloud forms. A computer-accessible catalog was assembled, consisting of a classification of cloud type (lee wave, for example) and properties (directionality, wavelength, for example). Lee wave directionality shows a pattern and seasonal variation at high latitudes which is consistent with predictions of theoretical modeling. Fog and haze occurrence shows no obvious correlation with water abundance or any other simple causal factor. Lee waves are rare at equatorial latitudes. Plumes (probably dust) occur preferentially at locations where strong boundary layer convection is expected.

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