Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgre..11110003w&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue E10, CiteID E10003
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Planetary Atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704), Atmospheric Processes: Planetary Meteorology (5445, 5739), Atmospheric Processes: Convective Processes, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Erosion And Weathering, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres (0343, 1060)
Scientific paper
There are more dust devils (dd; inferred from dust devil tracks, or ddt) in the southern hemisphere than in the north. Ddt suggest that the dd season starts in late spring (Ls = 60° and 240°, northern and southern hemispheres, respectively) and continues through the summer into mid fall (Ls = 210° and 30°, northern and southern hemispheres, respectively). However, the ddt density in the southern hemisphere averages ~0.6 ddt/km2, while the northern hemisphere averages ~0.06 ddt/km2, or an order of magnitude less. This is attributed to the observation that in southern summer the surface receives 40% more solar energy for atmospheric motion and dd formation than the surface in the northern summer, due to the eccentricity of Mars' orbit.
Greeley Ronald
Whelley Patrick L.
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