The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus

Ingersoll, Andrew P.; Leovy, Conway Β.

doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.09.090171.001051

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“…This zonal wind is observed to exist (figure 17) and is one o f th e strangest features of th e m otions of th e atm ospheres of th e inner planets. Several theories have been proposed (see Ingersoll & Leovy 1971), although none is generally accepted as yet. The circulation of th e Venus atm osphere below th e cloud tops has been the subject of a num ber of investigations (figure 18) (Goody & Robinson 1966;Chalikov, Monin, Turikov & Zilitinkevitch 1971).…”

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Mars and Venus

Goody

1974

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A

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Recent Earth-based measurements and results from the first decade of space exploration have led to a new level of understanding of Mars and Venus, which permits a perspective view of some of the major issues concerning the inner solar system. The following are discussed in this review: the interiors; crustal dynamics; water, carbon dioxide and the early history of an atmosphere; life on the inner planets; comparative meteorology; photochemical processes; planetary environments.

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Mars and Venus

Goody

1974

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A

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“…Mars, and 1.1 X 10 -4 for Venus [Ingersoll and Leovy, 1971]. However, most of the earth's outgassed COs is now in sedimentary rocks.…”

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Mars: The case against permanent CO₂frost caps

Ingersoll

1974

J. Geophys. Res.

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Leighton and Murray have argued that there is a polar reservoir of solid CO: on Mars that lasts throughout the year and whose vapor pressure determines the mean partial pressure of CO: in the atmosphere. This model is discussed in the light of recent data, and several difficulties emerge. First, such a system might be unstable, owing to the tendency of poleward heat transport to increase with atmospheric pressure. Second, the annual retreat of the CO: frost cover would be slower according to the model than that observed. Moreover, the observations seem to indicate that the residual polar cap that lasts throughout the year is composed of water ice rather than CO:. Finally, observations of water vapor in the atmosphere appear to be inconsistent with a permanent CO: cold trap in continuous existence for many years. These difficulties hold also for a CO: reservoir buried by water ice and for a hydrated CO:

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