favor the transport of noncondensable gases outside the polar region. Another aspect of the martian polar night atmosphere that is far from understood is the formation of CO 2 ice clouds and snowfall. Although it is thought that most of the carbonic ice directly condenses on the surface, a fraction...
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| Summary: | favor the transport of noncondensable gases outside the polar region. Another aspect of the martian polar night atmosphere that is far from understood is the formation of CO 2 ice clouds and snowfall. Although it is thought that most of the carbonic ice directly condenses on the surface, a fraction should also condense in the atmosphere, strongly influencing the radiative properties of the atmosphere and the martian surface (3). Most of these clouds form in the polar night, and thus evidence of their existence has remained theoretical (4) or indirect (3). It is only with the advent of the Mars Global Surveyor laser altimeter |
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