Hellas and dust storms on Mars. [Mechanism, wind velocity]
Journal Article
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· Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7352754
The development of slope winds in the round Hellas basin can generate an anticyclone during (and only during) the summer-solstice period in the southern hemisphere of Mars. The wind velocity at the periphery of the anticyclone would be sufficient to initiate a global dust storm. This mechanism might account for the timing of global storms at Martian perihelion and for the tendency of storms to commence in the neighborhood of Hellas.
- Research Organization:
- Astronomical Council, Moscow
- OSTI ID:
- 7352754
- Journal Information:
- Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 1:1; ISSN SALED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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