The influence of global dust storms on the mean seasonal daily insolations at the Martian surface

dc.contributor.author	Van Hemelrijck, E.
dc.date	1985
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-27T11:33:46Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-27T11:33:46Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5857
dc.description	In this paper, we compare changes in the mean seasonal daily insolations at the Martian surface caused by global dust storms characterized by various atmospheric optical thickness (Τ). The calculations, made for optical depths equal to 0, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, are based on the assumption of planet encircling storms lasting one season or one year. The variations in the latitudinal and seasonal surface insolation distributions are important, mainly at the poles where e.g. the mean annual and summer daily insolations decrease by nearly a factor of 3000 as Τ goes from 0 to 3.0. At equatorial latitudes the corresponding loss is much smaller, reaching a value of approximately 40. Concerning the mean wintertime solar radiations it is found that the decrease is even more spectacular, especially at high latitudes.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	The influence of global dust storms on the mean seasonal daily insolations at the Martian surface
dc.type	Article
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	Earth, Moon and Planets
dc.source.volume	33
dc.source.issue	2
dc.source.page	157-162
Orfeo.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/BF00116792
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-5844294726