Weather and climate on Mars.
Imagine a planet very much like the Earth, with similar size, rotation rate and inclination of rotation axis, possessing an atmosphere and a solid surface, but lacking oceans and dense clouds of liquid water. We might expect such a desert planet to be dominated by large variations in day-night and winter-summer weather. Dust storms would be common. Observations and simulations of martian climate confirm these expectations and provide a wealth of detail that can help resolve problems of climate evolution.
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Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Box 351640, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA. conway@atmos.washington.edu
D001272:Atmosphere; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D018535:Mars; D014887:Weather; D014919:Wind
D002245:Carbon Dioxide