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Mars - North-Polar atmospheric warming during dust stormsViking observations of the two 1977 dust storms on Mars yield winter polar atmosphere temperature measurements that indicate a strong spatial and temporal dependence in the process of polar warming. Very little dust appears to be contained in the upper atmosphere; the data do not allow a determination of dust abundance in the lower atmosphere to be made. Surges appear in the polar warming that are prevalent only on one side of the pole, corresponding to the evening side of the 1977 observations. The polar atmospheric warming occurred during the second, but not the first, of the 1977 global dust storms.
Document ID
19880035880
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jakosky, Bruce M.
(Colorado, University Boulder, United States)
Martin, Terry Z.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 72
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
88A23107
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-495
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-06-003-052
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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