Thermal emission spectrometer observations of Martian planet-encircling dust storm 2001A

Michael D. Smith; Barney J. Conrath; John C. Pearl; Philip Christensen

doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6797

Thermal emission spectrometer observations of Martian planet-encircling dust storm 2001A

Michael D. Smith, Barney J. Conrath, John C. Pearl, Philip Christensen

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The initiation and evolution of a planet-encircling dust storm on Mars have been observed in unprecedented detail by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) on board the Mars Global Surveyor. A local dust storm began to expand quickly on 26 June 2001 (areocentric longitude, L_s = 185°), becoming a planet-encircling dust storm by 11 July 2001. The dust storm had dust optical depth >2 over wide areas and caused atmospheric temperatures over a large vertical range to warm by >40 K from 20°N latitude to the south pole.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	96797
Pages (from-to)	259-263
Number of pages	5
Journal	Icarus
Volume	157
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/icar.2001.6797
State	Published - Jan 1 2002

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