The seasonal CO2 cycle on Mars - an application of an energy balance climate model

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Annual Variations, Atmospheric Models, Carbon Dioxide, Energy Distribution, Mars Atmosphere, Meteorological Parameters, Atmospheric Energy Sources, Climate Change, Climatology, Dust Storms, Gas Pressure, Two Dimensional Models, Viking Lander Spacecraft, Viking Mars Program

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Energy balance climate models of the Budyko-Sellers variety are applied to the carbon-dioxide cycle on Mars. Recent data available from the Viking mission, in particular the seasonal pressure variations measured by Viking landers, are used to constrain the models. No set of parameters was found for which a one-dimensional model parameterized in terms of ground temperature gave an adequate fit to the observed pressure variations. A modified, two-dimensional model including the effects of dust storms and the polar hood reasonably reproduces the pressure curve, however. The implications of these results for Martian climate changes are discussed.

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