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The martian climate and energy balance models with co2/h2o atmospheres
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hoffert, M. I. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | The analysis begins with a seasonal energy balance model (EBM) for Mars. This is used to compute surface temperature versus x = sin(latitude) and time over the seasonal cycle. The core model also computes the evolving boundaries of the CO2 icecaps, net sublimational/condensation rates, and the resulting seasonal pressure wave. Model results are compared with surface temperature and pressure history data at Viking lander sites, indicating fairly good agreement when meridional heat transport is represented by a thermal diffusion coefficient D approx. 0.015 W/sq. m/K. Condensational wind distributions are also computed. An analytic model of Martian wind circulation is then proposed, as an extension of the EMB, which incorporates vertical wind profiles containing an x-dependent function evaluated by substitution in the equation defining the diffusion coefficient. This leads to a parameterization of D(x) and of the meridional circulation which recovers the high surface winds predicted by dynamic Mars atmosphere models (approx. 10 m/sec). Peak diffusion coefficients, D approx. 0.6 w/sq m/K, are found over strong Hadley zones - some 40 times larger than those of high-latitude baroclinic eddies. When the wind parameterization is used to find streamline patterns over Martian seasons, the resulting picture shows overturning hemispheric Hadley cells crossing the equator during solstices, and attaining peak intensities during the south summer dust storm season, while condensational winds are most important near the polar caps. |
| File Size | 1904703 |
| Page Count | 39 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870002240 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8nd0v52k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-03-31 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Atmospheric Circulation Energy Budgets Atmospheric Models Annual Variations Carbon Dioxide Polar Caps Wind Velocity Dust Storms Dynamic Models Mars Atmosphere Diffusion Coefficient Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
