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Martian dust storms
Author(s) -
Gierasch Peter J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg012i004p00730
Subject(s) - martian , storm , atmosphere of mars , mars exploration program , dust storm , astrobiology , atmosphere (unit) , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , geology , physics
A brief survey is presented of observational evidence and theoretical speculations concerning Martian dust storms. The observations fall into two major classes: earth‐based photographic records and Mariner 9 infrared spectra. Among the conclusions reached are that: the mechanism for loss of particles from the atmosphere is not Stokes‐Cunningham fallout, more experiments are necessary in order to reach an understanding of injection processes, observations of storm genesis from Mars orbit will probably be necessary to distinguish between different theories of storm dynamics.