MARS | Featured Special Issue

Mars Dust Cycle Special Issue

On September 15-17, 2009, NASA/Ames Research Center hosted a 3 day workshop focused on the Martian Dust Cycle. Nearly 100 people from around the world attended the 3-day workshop whose overall objective and primary theme was to understand the processes responsible for the lifting, transport, and removal of dust in the Martian atmosphere in the present climate system.

This special issue of the Mars Journal contains papers presented at this workshop and is edited by Guest Associate Editor Robert Haberle. The issue itself is open-ended in that papers will be added as they complete the review process. Three papers have completed the process, a fourth is under revision, and we anticipate the submission of several more papers before the end of the year. Read More...

MARS | Recently Published

Mesoscale Modeling of the Circulation in the Gale Crater Region: An Investigation into the Complex Forcing of Convective Boundary Layer Depths

D. Tyler Jr. and J.R. Barnes

Growth of the convective boundary layer in northern part of Gale Crater is dramatically inhibited by the local circulation, which is primarily a consequence of interaction between slope flows in Gale Crater and along the dichotomy boundary. The circulation has a significant effect on the vertical structure of air temperature over the northern crater basin, which inhibits the growth of the convective boundary layer and cause a significant effect on the diurnal cycle of surface pressure.

Mars 8, 58-77, 2013 | doi:10.1555/mars.2013.0003

MARS | Recently Published

Testing Mars-inspired operational strategies for semi-autonomous rovers on the Moon: The GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test in New Mexico

R. Aileen Yingst, B. A. Cohen, L. Crumpler, M. E. Schmidt and C. M. Schrader

Images taken for a portion of a blocky basaltic ridge as part of a geologic field test of rover science operations developed for MER.

Mars 6, 13-31, 2011 | doi:10.1555/mars.2011.0002

MARS | Recently Published

Aqueous mineralogy and stratigraphy at and around the proposed Mawrth Vallis MSL Landing Site: New insights into the aqueous history of the region

Eldar Z. Noe Dobrea, Joseph Michalski and Gregg Swayze

CRISM observations covering the proposed Mawrth Vallis MSL landing ellipse reveal a mineralogical diversity in the area that was not previously realized.

Mars 6, 32-46, 2011 | doi:10.1555/mars.2011.0003

MARS | About

The Mars Journal is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal that is published formally as "Mars, The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration". The Mars Journal publishes peer-reviewed scholarly papers in three general categories:

• Mars Science: Observations, data, theory, models, and reviews of scientific literature
• Mars Technology: Instruments, spacecraft, missions, tools and techniques, and software
• Mars Policy: Exploration strategy, economics, planetary protection, history, and commentary

Chief Editor:
• David A. Paige

Associate Editors:
• Oded Aharonson
• Sushil Atreya
• Roger Bourke
• Alberto Fairén
• François Forget
• Jeffrey Plescia
• Margaret Race
• Donald Rapp

Assistant Editor:
• Carey Tanner

Web Assistance:
• Mark Sullivan

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