The meteorology of Gale Crater as determined from Rover Environmental Monitoring Station observations and numerical modeling. Part II: Interpretation
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- 作者：Scot C.R. Rafkina ; rafkin.swri@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; rafkin@boulder.swri.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jorge Pla-Garciaa ; b ; Melinda Kahrec ; Javier Gomez-Elvirab ; Victoria E. Hamiltona ; Mercedes Marí ; nc ; Sara Navarroc ; Josefina Torresb ; Ashwin Vasavadad
- 关键词：Mars ; atmosphere ; Atmospheres ; dynamics ; Atmospheres ; structure
- 刊名：Icarus
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：280
- 期：Complete
- 页码：114-138
- 全文大小：11634 K
文摘
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The meteorology is controlled by interacting circulations and dynamical instabilities from the planetary scale down to the microscale.
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The northern winter season is unique; the air mass in the crater mixes with external crater air due to the breaking of large amplitude mountain waves.
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At other seasons, the mixing between the air in the floor of Gale Crater and air external to the crater may be more limited.
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It is difficult to reconcile the putative methane detection with the Gale Crater circulation.