{"title":"Baroclinic waves observed on Mars from InSight data","authors":"Victor Corchete","doi":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116361","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Baroclinic waves has been observed in the Martian atmosphere, and their periods have been calculated by means of spectral analysis of the pressure and wind velocity data, provided by the InSight mission for the time periods of the spring and winter seasons. For the spring time, the pressure spectrum shows a peak at the frequency of 0.246 (4 sol). For the winter time, the spectra of the pressure and wind velocity show a dominant peak at the frequency of ∼0.15 (6.7 sol), and a smaller peak at the frequency of ∼0.435 (2.3 sol). The results of this study are consistent with those determined in previous studies from spectral analysis of the Viking 2 data, and it is expected that a further analysis of the results determined in this study will provide a valuable insight into the seasonal changes of the atmospheric structure and circulation, which may be useful to fit General Circulation Models of the Martian atmosphere. However, a general understanding of Martian baroclinic phenomena only will be achieved with a combination of data from multiple Martian midlatitude stations in future missions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13199,"journal":{"name":"Icarus","volume":"426 ","pages":"Article 116361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Icarus","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103524004214","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Baroclinic waves has been observed in the Martian atmosphere, and their periods have been calculated by means of spectral analysis of the pressure and wind velocity data, provided by the InSight mission for the time periods of the spring and winter seasons. For the spring time, the pressure spectrum shows a peak at the frequency of 0.246 (4 sol). For the winter time, the spectra of the pressure and wind velocity show a dominant peak at the frequency of ∼0.15 (6.7 sol), and a smaller peak at the frequency of ∼0.435 (2.3 sol). The results of this study are consistent with those determined in previous studies from spectral analysis of the Viking 2 data, and it is expected that a further analysis of the results determined in this study will provide a valuable insight into the seasonal changes of the atmospheric structure and circulation, which may be useful to fit General Circulation Models of the Martian atmosphere. However, a general understanding of Martian baroclinic phenomena only will be achieved with a combination of data from multiple Martian midlatitude stations in future missions.
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Icarus is devoted to the publication of original contributions in the field of Solar System studies. Manuscripts reporting the results of new research - observational, experimental, or theoretical - concerning the astronomy, geology, meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology, and other scientific aspects of our Solar System or extrasolar systems are welcome. The journal generally does not publish papers devoted exclusively to the Sun, the Earth, celestial mechanics, meteoritics, or astrophysics. Icarus does not publish papers that provide "improved" versions of Bode''s law, or other numerical relations, without a sound physical basis. Icarus does not publish meeting announcements or general notices. Reviews, historical papers, and manuscripts describing spacecraft instrumentation may be considered, but only with prior approval of the editor. An entire issue of the journal is occasionally devoted to a single subject, usually arising from a conference on the same topic. The language of publication is English. American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these.