On modeling boundary - layer depths , dust and cloud at the Phoenix lander site
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Introduction: Dust suspended in the Martian atmosphere is crucial in determining the thermal and dynamical conditions. Diurnal variation of dust, waterice and boundary-layer characteristics at the NASA Phoenix lander site are investigated using a onedimensional Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) model and a Mars Microphysical Model (MMM). The diurnal cycle of temperature measured by the Phoenix lander [1] (used as input for the MMM and a test of the ABL model) has been very consistent for the first 60 sols of the mission. The optical depth, as measured by the SSI camera [2], has generally decreased.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008