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Published on: May 10, 2020
まとめ
バイキング赤外線熱マッパーデータは,火星の複雑な熱構造を明らかにしています. 表面の質感,雲,大気組成は気温に影響し,単純なモデルに挑戦し,以前考えられていたより少ない大気凝縮を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学 惑星科学
- 大気科学 大気科学
- 火星探査 火星探査
背景:
- バイキング赤外線熱マッパー (Viking infrared thermal mapper) は,火星の表面と大気中の熱排出量に関するデータを収集した.
- 過去の火星の熱行動モデルでは,しばしば均質な表面条件を想定していました.
研究 の 目的:
- 高解像度バイキング赤外線熱マッパーデータを用いて,惑星全体の熱構造を分析する.
- 火星の表面と大気温に影響を与える要因を調査する.
主な方法:
- バイキング赤外線熱マッパーから熱放出と反射された太陽光測定のためのデータを利用しました.
- 高解像度で密度が高いデータを分析して,様々なスケールの熱パターンを明らかにしました.
主要な成果:
- 火星の熱的振る舞いは,特に着陸地点では,単純な均質なモデルから逸脱する.
- 詳細な表面の質感と雲の存在は,熱パターンに大きく影響を与えます.
- 北極の夜の気温はCO2凝縮点以下で,年間凝縮量が減少していることを示している.
結論:
- 火星の熱力学は,単純な均一性を超えた複雑な要因の影響を受けています.
- 発見は,厚いCO2雲の存在か,または極地大気中の凝縮不能ガスの局所的濃縮のいずれかを示唆しています.
- 火星の年間大気凝縮量の再評価は正当化されています.
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