Analysis of the Mars Northern Seasonal Polar Cap Asymmetry in Conjunction with Recession

Mars' seasonal polar caps undergo a constant cycling throughout a single Martian year. These processes are dynamic and important aspects that showcase interactions between Mars' weather, atmosphere, and surface activity. The rate at which CO2 sublimates from the seasonal ice sheet and into...

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Main Author: Auerbach, Victoria
Other Authors: Calvin, Wendy M.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11714/7498
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spelling ftunivnevadair:oai:scholarworks.unr.edu:11714/7498 2023-08-20T04:07:15+02:00 Analysis of the Mars Northern Seasonal Polar Cap Asymmetry in Conjunction with Recession Auerbach, Victoria Calvin, Wendy M. 5/1/2020 PDF http://hdl.handle.net/11714/7498 English en_US eng http://hdl.handle.net/11714/7498 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Author(s) Thesis 2020 ftunivnevadair 2023-07-30T16:38:21Z Mars' seasonal polar caps undergo a constant cycling throughout a single Martian year. These processes are dynamic and important aspects that showcase interactions between Mars' weather, atmosphere, and surface activity. The rate at which CO2 sublimates from the seasonal ice sheet and into the atmosphere has been seen to remain fairly consistent between a variety of Mars years through the creation of an inter-annual climatological model. The cap itself, however, has been observed to retreat in an asymmetric fashion. We plan to utilize Mars topography data collected from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter in order to find a link between the observed quicker or slower recession of the seasonal CO2 cap and the local elevation. Thesis Ice Sheet University of Nevada, Reno: ScholarWorks Repository
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description Mars' seasonal polar caps undergo a constant cycling throughout a single Martian year. These processes are dynamic and important aspects that showcase interactions between Mars' weather, atmosphere, and surface activity. The rate at which CO2 sublimates from the seasonal ice sheet and into the atmosphere has been seen to remain fairly consistent between a variety of Mars years through the creation of an inter-annual climatological model. The cap itself, however, has been observed to retreat in an asymmetric fashion. We plan to utilize Mars topography data collected from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter in order to find a link between the observed quicker or slower recession of the seasonal CO2 cap and the local elevation.
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Analysis of the Mars Northern Seasonal Polar Cap Asymmetry in Conjunction with Recession
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title_fullStr Analysis of the Mars Northern Seasonal Polar Cap Asymmetry in Conjunction with Recession
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