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Propagation of tropospheric gravity waves into the upper atmosphere of Mars |
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| Authors: | Helen F Parish Gerald Schubert Michael P Hickey |
| Institution: | a Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, 603 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA b Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, 595 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA c Department of Physical Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA d The Aerospace Corporation, P.O. Box 92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009, USA |
| Abstract: | We study the propagation of gravity waves in the martian atmosphere using a linearized one-dimensional full-wave model. Calculations are carried out for atmospheric parameters characteristic of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (on Mars Global Surveyor MGS) observations of apparent gravity waves in high latitude clouds and MGS radio occultation measurements of temperature variations with height suggestive of gravity wave activity. Waves that reach the thermosphere produce fluctuations in density comparable in amplitude with the density variations detected in Mars Odyssey aerobraking data. Gravity waves of modest amplitude are found to deposit momentum and generate significant heating and cooling in the martian atmosphere. The largest heating and cooling effects occur in the thermosphere, at altitudes between about 130 and 150 km, with heating occurring at the lower altitudes and cooling taking place above. |
| Keywords: | Mars atmosphere Atmospheres dynamics |
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