Martian North Pole Summer Temperatures: Dirty Water Ice

Broadband thermal and reflectance observations of the martian north polar region in late summer yield temperatures for the residual polar cap near 205 K with albedos near 43 percent. The residual cap and several outlying smaller deposits are water ice with included dirt; there is no evidence for any...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Kieffer, Hugh H., Chase, Stillman C., Martin, Terry Z., Miner, Ellis D., Palluconi, Frank Don
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1976
Subjects:
North Pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.194.4271.1341
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.194.4271.1341
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Summary:Broadband thermal and reflectance observations of the martian north polar region in late summer yield temperatures for the residual polar cap near 205 K with albedos near 43 percent. The residual cap and several outlying smaller deposits are water ice with included dirt; there is no evidence for any permanent carbon dioxide polar cap.

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