Original deep convection in the atmosphere of Mars driven by the radiative impact of dust and water-ice particles

Aymeric Spiga (1) , Jean-Baptiste Madeleine (1) , David Hinson (2, 3) , Thomas Navarro (1) , Ehouarn Millour (1) , François Forget (1) , Anni Määttänen (4) , Franck Montmessin (4)

1 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
2 SETI Institute
3 Stanford University
4 PLANETO - LATMOS

Two examples of aerosol-induced deep convection in the Martian atmosphere broaden the knowledge of both aerosols-atmosphere interactions and mechanisms underlying convection in planetary atmospheres, as well as the impact of convection in the regional and global scale (e.g. emission of gravity waves), with possible comparative planetology approaches where the convective dynamics of Martian water-ice clouds could be compared to Venusian sulfuric-acid clouds .

Domains: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]

Aymeric Spiga, Jean-Baptiste Madeleine, David Hinson, Thomas Navarro, Ehouarn Millour, et al.. Original deep convection in the atmosphere of Mars driven by the radiative impact of dust and water-ice particles. European Planetary Science Congress 2017, Sep 2017, Riga, Latvia. pp.EPSC2017-428-2. ⟨insu-01621402⟩