The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics
peer-reviewed 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 i...
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ftunivlimerick:oai:ulir.ul.ie:10344/5038 2023-05-15T16:38:11+02:00 The morphology of the Martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics Zammett, R.J Fowler, Andrew C. SFI 2016-04-27T14:32:07Z http://hdl.handle.net/10344/5038 eng eng Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics;70 (7), pp. 2409-2433 http://www.siam.org/journals/siap/70-7/73455.html 06/MI/005 http://hdl.handle.net/10344/5038 Copyright © by SIAM. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess polar ice caps spiral waves phase plane analysis Mars climate water info:eu-repo/semantics/article all_ul_research ul_published_reviewed 2016 ftunivlimerick 2022-05-23T15:13:37Z peer-reviewed 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. PUBLISHED peer-reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice cap University of Limerick: Institutional Repository (ULIR) |
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peer-reviewed 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. PUBLISHED peer-reviewed |
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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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morphology of the martian ice caps: a mathematical model of ice-dust kinetics |
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SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics;70 (7), pp. 2409-2433 http://www.siam.org/journals/siap/70-7/73455.html 06/MI/005 http://hdl.handle.net/10344/5038 |
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