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Mars water-ice clouds and precipitation

dc.contributor.authorWhiteway, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorKomguem, L.
dc.contributor.authorDickinson, C.
dc.contributor.authorCook, C.
dc.contributor.authorIllnicki, M.
dc.contributor.authorSeabrook, J.
dc.contributor.authorPopovici, V.
dc.contributor.authorDuck, T.J.
dc.contributor.authorDavy, R.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, P.A.
dc.contributor.authorPathak, J.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, D.
dc.contributor.authorCarswell, A.I.
dc.contributor.authorDaly, M.
dc.contributor.authorHipkin, V.
dc.contributor.authorZent, A.P.
dc.contributor.authorHecht, M.H.
dc.contributor.authorWood, S.E.
dc.contributor.authorTamppari, L.K.
dc.contributor.authorRenno, N.
dc.contributor.authorMoores, J.E.
dc.contributor.authorLemmon, M.T.
dc.contributor.authorDaerden, F.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, P.H.
dc.date2009
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-06T08:39:21Z
dc.date.available2016-04-06T08:39:21Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3327
dc.descriptionThe light detection and ranging instrument on the Phoenix mission observed water-ice clouds in the atmosphere of Mars that were similar to cirrus clouds on Earth. Fall streaks in the cloud structure traced the precipitation of ice crystals toward the ground. Measurements of atmospheric dust indicated that the planetary boundary layer (PBL) on Mars was well mixed, up to heights of around 4 kilometers, by the summer daytime turbulence and convection. The water-ice clouds were detected at the top of the PBL and near the ground each night in late summer after the air temperature started decreasing. The interpretation is that water vapor mixed upward by daytime turbulence and convection forms ice crystal clouds at night that precipitate back toward the surface.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleMars water-ice clouds and precipitation
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeice
dc.subject.freewater
dc.subject.freeice
dc.subject.freeMars
dc.subject.freeprecipitation (climatology)
dc.subject.freesummer
dc.subject.freeair temperature
dc.subject.freearticle
dc.subject.freeastronomy
dc.subject.freeatmosphere
dc.subject.freecloud
dc.subject.freecrystal
dc.subject.freedust
dc.subject.freelight
dc.subject.freemeasurement
dc.subject.freenight
dc.subject.freeprecipitation
dc.subject.freepriority journal
dc.subject.freesummer
dc.subject.freesurface property
dc.subject.freethermodynamics
dc.subject.freewater vapor
dc.subject.freeAtmosphere
dc.subject.freeExtraterrestrial Environment
dc.subject.freeIce
dc.subject.freeMars
dc.subject.freeSpacecraft
dc.subject.freeSteam
dc.subject.freeTemperature
dc.subject.freeTime Factors
dc.source.titleScience
dc.source.volume325
dc.source.issue5936
dc.source.page68-70
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/science.1172344
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-67650021346


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