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The Onset and Growth of the 2018 Martian Global Dust Storm.
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Geophysical Research Letters . 6/16/2019, Vol. 46 Issue 11, p6101-6108. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We analyze the onset and initial expansion of the 2018 Martian Global Dust Storm (GDS 2018) using ground‐based images in the visual range. This is the first case of a confirmed GDS initiating in the Northern Hemisphere. A dusty area extending about 1.4×105 km2 and centered at latitude +31.7°±1.8° and west longitude 18°±5°W in Acidalia Planitia was captured on 30 and 31 May 2018 (Ls = 184.9°). From 1 to 8 June, daily image series showed the storm expanding southward along the Acidalia corridor with velocities of 5 m/s and simultaneously progressing eastward and westward with horizontal velocities ranging from 5 to 40 m/s. By 8 June the dust reached latitude ‐55° and later penetrated in the South polar region, whereas in the North the dust progression stopped at latitude approximately +46°. We compare the onset and expansion stage of this GDS with the previous confirmed storms. Key Points: May‐June 2018 ground‐based images show the onset and early evolution of a Martian Global Dust Storm (GDS)The outbreak took place at location (North hemisphere) and time (solar longitude 184.9°) unusual for most GDSsThe expansion involved horizontal velocities in all directions in the range 5‐40 m/s [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DUST storms
*ACIDALIA Planitia (Mars)
*VELOCITY
*LONGITUDE
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00948276
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137469159
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083207