Symmetric Accumulation of the Seasonal South Polar Cap of Mars

International audience This study of the South Seasonal Polar Cap of Mars shows with a radiative balance model that the net accumulation is symmetrical around the geographic south pole.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Schmidt, Frederic, Douté, Sylvain, Schmitt, Bernard, Vincendon, M., Langevin, Y., Bibring, J.-P., Omega Team, The
Other Authors:	Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble (LPG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales Paris (CNES)
Format:	Conference Object
Language:	English
Published:	HAL CCSD 2008
Subjects:	South pole
Online Access:	https://insu.hal.science/insu-00361648

Description
Summary:	International audience This study of the South Seasonal Polar Cap of Mars shows with a radiative balance model that the net accumulation is symmetrical around the geographic south pole.