Title of article
Assessing the power law hypothesis for the size–frequency distribution of terrestrial and martian dust devils
Author/Authors
Pathare، نويسنده , , A.V. and Balme، نويسنده , , M.R. and Metzger، نويسنده , , S.M. and Spiga، نويسنده , , A. and Towner، نويسنده , , M.C. and Renno، نويسنده , , N.O. and Saca، نويسنده , , F.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
Pages
3
From page
851
To page
853
Abstract
Competing hypotheses for the diameter dependence of terrestrial and martian dust devil frequency are assessed using new field observations from two sites in the southwestern United States. We show that at diameters less than 12 m, our observed dust devil size–frequency distributions are better fit by an exponential function than by a power law formulation, and discuss the implications for larger dust devils on Earth and Mars.
Keywords
Meteorology , Mars , Atmosphere , Earth
Journal title
Icarus
Serial Year
2010
Journal title
Icarus
Record number
2377889
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