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Solar radiation incident on Mars and the outer planets - Latitudinal, seasonal, and atmospheric effectsCalculations of the daily solar radiation incident at the tops of the atmospheres of Mars and the outer planets and its variability with latitude and season are presented in a series of figures and tables. The changes in the latitudinal and seasonal distributions of daily surface insolation during the great Martian dust storm of 1971 (when Martian atmospheric optical depth increased from about tau = 0.1 to 2.0) were significant and dramatically illustrate the effect of atmospheric aerosols on surface insolation; i.e., the mean annual daily insolation at the poles decreased by more than a factor of 100 as tau increased from 0.1 to 2.0.
Document ID
19770052658
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Levine, J. S.
(NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Environmental Sciences Div., Hampton, Va., United States)
Kraemer, D. R.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Kuhn, W. R.
(Michigan, University Ann Arbor, Mich., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 31
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
77A35510
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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