Showing papers by "Andrew P. Ingersoll published in 1970"
TL;DR: In the absence of juvenile liquid water, condensation of water vapor to ice and subsequent melting of ice are the only means of producing liquid water on the martian surface because the evaporation rate is so high that the available heat sources cannot melt pure ice.
Abstract: In the absence of juvenile liquid water, condensation of water vapor to ice and subsequent melting of ice are the only means of producing liquid water on the martian surface. However, the evaporation rate is so high that the available heat sources cannot melt pure ice. Liquid water is therefore limited to concentrated solutions of strongly deliquescent salts.
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TL;DR: Atmospheric motions can produce variations in the height of constant pressure surfaces which must be taken into account in any comparison of occultation data from different points on the same planet.
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