Shape of N polar cap explained, 3D structure and history from SHARAD data |
Shape of N polar cap explained, 3D structure and history from SHARAD data |
May 27 2010, 11:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Article from Science Daily with link to Nature paper:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/...00526134150.htm |
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May 28 2010, 06:49 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 6-March 10 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 5246 |
The article says that the spiral troughs are due to erosion caused by katabatic winds that are deflected by the Coriolis force.
The problem is that the troughs spiral outward in an anti-Coriolis direction. i.e, They curve westward not eastward as would be expected. I wish I had access to the original paper. This seems to be an error in the article. Can anyone with access to paper elaborate? Tom |
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