A Numerical Simulation of the Martian Polar Cap Breeze
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1995
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Earth, Moon and Planets
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A mathematical model for the Marian polar cap breeze was constructed in part from work previously done by others on the terrestrial sea breeze. With this model a numerical simulation corresponding to the Southern Hemisphere winter season was made. The results obtained with the proposed model show that the Martial polar cap breeze is a well defined system with some similarities to the terrestrial breeze. At the time of maximum intensity, the largest values of vertical velocities are about 10 cm/s and occur at heights between 850-1250 m. The largest values of horizontal velocities are about 15 m/s. A "polar cap breeze front" is clearly discernible in the results. The rate of advance of this front is at an average of about 10 km/h.
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Fernández, W. (1995). A Numerical Simulation of the Martian Polar Cap Breeze. Earth, Moon and Planets, 70, 193-205. https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995EM%26P...70..193F