The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics
Spiral-shaped canyons on the polar ice caps of Mars are striking morphological features whose explanation is still mysterious. We pose a model for the kinetics at the ice-atmosphere interface based on the positive feedback properties of both dust and ice albedo within the north polar ice cap, togeth...
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ftunivlimericfig:oai:figshare.com:article/19813765 2023-05-15T16:38:11+02:00 The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics R.J Zammett Andrew Fowler 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_morphology_of_the_Martian_ice_caps_a_mathematical_model_of_ice-dust_kinetics/19813765 unknown 10344/5038 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_morphology_of_the_Martian_ice_caps_a_mathematical_model_of_ice-dust_kinetics/19813765 CC BY-NC-SA 1.0 CC-BY-NC-SA polar ice caps spiral waves phase plane analysis Mars climate water Text Journal contribution 2010 ftunivlimericfig 2022-12-28T08:35:54Z Spiral-shaped canyons on the polar ice caps of Mars are striking morphological features whose explanation is still mysterious. We pose a model for the kinetics at the ice-atmosphere interface based on the positive feedback properties of both dust and ice albedo within the north polar ice cap, together with katabatic wind transport of exposed dust. Analysis of this model indicates that traveling waves are possible, but only solitary waves are found in the numerical solution. This suggests that the traveling wave hypothesis for trough formation may not be an appropriate explanation. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Ice cap Research from University of Limerick |
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Spiral-shaped canyons on the polar ice caps of Mars are striking morphological features whose explanation is still mysterious. We pose a model for the kinetics at the ice-atmosphere interface based on the positive feedback properties of both dust and ice albedo within the north polar ice cap, together with katabatic wind transport of exposed dust. Analysis of this model indicates that traveling waves are possible, but only solitary waves are found in the numerical solution. This suggests that the traveling wave hypothesis for trough formation may not be an appropriate explanation. |
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The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics |
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The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics |
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The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics |
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The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics |
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The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics |
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