Modelling Martian dust storms: feedbacks between dust and atmospheric circulation at a hierarchy of scales
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We employ numerical models of Mars at spatial scales ranging from global to a few metres in order to investigate both the impact of increasing dust loading on atmospheric circulations and the role of different atmospheric circulation components on dust lifting, transport and on dust storm decay. Figure 1: Typical dust lifting events, relevant spatial scales and meteorological models suitable for their analysis.
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