- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 microfiche (2, unnumbered pages) : negative; 11 x 15 cm.
- Summary
- "The first systematic account of the climate of Mars based upon observations was produced. Cloud data were used to determine spatially and temporally varying near-surface wind direction, relative wind speed, static stability, and humidity conditions on a global scale. Existing models of meteorological processes were critically reexamined in light of the data, and more stringent constraints were set on global processes. Several discoveries were made, including the large extent and seasonal variability of the Mars equatorial Hadley cell, the failure of high latitude winds to reverse direction in early northern spring, the change in meridional wind component in southern midautum, and the almost constant cloud cover in the northern hemisphere, during spring and summer primarily by condensate clouds and in fall and winter by condensates and dust. The implications of these observations are discussed."--NTIS abstract.
- Series Statement
- NASA CR ; 175604
- Uniform Title
- NASA contractor report ; NASA CR-175604.
- Alternative Title
- Analysis of cloud forms in Viking and Mariner 9 images
- Subject
- Note
- Type of Report (note)
- Funding (note)
- Sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Call Number
- GPO Microfiche NAS 1.26:175604
- OCLC
- marcive192076539
- Author
Gierasch, Peter J. (Peter Jay), 1940- author.
- Title
Participation in the Mars data analysis program : analysis of cloud forms in Viking and Mariner 9 images / principal investigator, Peter J. Gierasch, co-investigator, Ralph A. Kahn.
- Publisher
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research ; [Washington, DC] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
microform
- Type of Carrier
microfiche
- Series
NASA CR ; 175604
NASA contractor report ; NASA CR-175604.
- Type Of Report
Final technical report; March 1, 1983 to February 28, 1985.
- Funding
Sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NSG 7612
- Indexed Term
Mars (Planet); Infrared spectra; Mariner 9 space probe; Viking spacecraft; Clouds; Image processing; Data processing; Meteorological parameters; Space-time functions; Structural properties (Geology); Surface properties
- Added Author
Kahn, Ralph, author.
Cornell University. Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, issuing body.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, sponsoring body.
- Other Form:
Online version: Gierasch, Peter J. (Peter Jay), 1940- Participation in the Mars data analysis program (OCoLC)872589782
- Gpo Item No.
0830-H-14 (MF)
- Sudoc No.
NAS 1.26:175604