Asian dust-storm activity dominated by Chinese dynasty changes since 2000 BP [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 How the Asian monsoon, earth surface processes and human development interact is not well known. Here, a new record of dust storm intensity shows a relationship between the stability of dynasties and dust storm activity for the last ~2200 years, which ...
Fahu Chen +13 more
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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Dust Storm Activity in Chryse Planitia Using MGS-MOC Observations from Mars Years 24–28 [PDF]
Universe, 2021 Dust storms, observed in all seasons, are among the most momentous of Mars’ atmospheric activities. The Entry–Descent–Landing (EDL) activity of a Martian landing mission is influenced by local atmospheric conditions, especially the probability of dust ...
Bo Li +6 more
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Evaluation and Analysis of Dust Storm Activity in Tianwen-1 Landing Area Based on the Moderate Resolution Imaging Camera Observations and Mars Daily Global Maps [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 The first Mars exploration mission from China (Tianwen-1) was launched on 23 July 2020 with the goal of “orbiting, landing, and roving”. The occurrence of dust storm activities is an important criterion of assessing atmospheric risk for the Tianwen-1 ...
Shaojie Qu +7 more
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Asian Dust Storm Activity and Its Association with Atmospheric Circulation from 1995 to 2006
Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2010 In this pa per, Asian dust storm activity from 1995 to 2006 and the associated atmospheric circulation are examined using SYNOP data and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis atmospheric data.
Jia-Yuh Yu, Yi-Wen Wang, Cheng-Wei Chang
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Numerical Modeling of Orbit-Spin Coupling Accelerations in a Mars General Circulation Model: Implications for Global Dust Storm Activity [PDF]
Planetary and Space Science, 2016 We employ the MarsWRF general circulation model (GCM) to test the predictions of a new physical hypothesis: a weak coupling of the orbital and rotational angular momenta of extended bodies is predicted to give rise to cycles of intensification and relaxation of circulatory flows within atmospheres.
M. A. Mischna, J. H. Shirley
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Relationship between frontal dust storms and transient eddy activity in the northern hemisphere of Mars as observed by Mars Global Surveyor [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2005 We have compiled a catalog of frontal dust storms in the northern hemisphere using Mars Orbiter Camera daily global maps spanning ∼2.3 Martian years of Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) observations (from 1999 to 2003). The most vigorous frontal storms that flush dust to the low latitudes occur in early‐mid fall and mid‐late winter, away from the northern ...
HUIQUN WANG +2 more
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Dust storm-enhanced gravity wave activity in the Martian thermosphere observed by MAVEN and implication for atmospheric escape [PDF]
, 2021 Lower atmospheric global dust storms affect the small- and large-scale weather and variability of the whole Martian atmosphere. Analysis of the CO$_2$ density data from the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer instrument (NGIMS) on board NASA's Mars Atmosphere Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft show a remarkable increase of GW-induced density ...
Erdal Yiğit +3 more
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Climate, not conflict, explains extreme Middle East dust storm [PDF]
Environmental Research Letters, 2016 The recent dust storm in the Middle East (Sepember 2015) was publicized in the media as a sign of an impending ‘Dust Bowl.’ Its severity, demonstrated by extreme aerosol optical depth in the atmosphere in the 99th percentile compared to historical data ...
Anthony J Parolari +4 more
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Rocket dust storms and detached dust layers in the Martian atmosphere [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 118, Issue 4,
pages 746-767, April 2013, 2012 Airborne dust is the main climatic agent in the Martian environment. Local dust storms play a key role in the dust cycle; yet their life cycle is poorly known. Here we use mesoscale modeling that includes the transport of radiatively active dust to predict the evolution of a local dust storm monitored by OMEGA on board Mars Express.
Faure, Julien +4 more
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The impact of atmospheric dry deposition associated microbes on the southeastern Mediterranean Sea surface water following an intense dust storm [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 This study explores the potential impacts of microbes deposited into the surface seawater of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea (SEMS) along with atmospheric particles on marine autotrophic and heterotrophic production.
Eyal Rahav +5 more
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