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Dust storms were manually tracked in Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Mars Daily Global Maps (MDGMs) from Mars Year 29 to 33. The data were used to construct the Mars Dust Storm Sequence Dataset (MDSSD), which contains >12,000 dust storm instances that are distinguishable from the ubiquitous dust background. Based on the dust storm climatology, we propose a partition of a Mars year into six pseudo-seasons or “sextons” (named “Unober”, “Duober”, “Triober”, “Quartober”, “Quintober”, and “Sixtober”, respectively). The greatest dust storm activity is observed in the 3rd, 4th and 6th sextons (Triober, Quartober and Sixtober), with each containing one or more dust storm episodes. We also propose a hierarchical system for organizing information and describing the process through which dust storms develop. The hierarchy of storm behavior is described in terms of dust storm episodes within these sextons, with each episode being composed of one or more dust storm sequences, and with each dust storm sequence being composed of multiple dust storm members. The occurrence of a large dust storm episode typically results from multiple dust storm sequences that are simultaneous, staggered, or merg

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Author

Huiqun Wang; Morgan Saidel; Mark I. Richardson; Anthony D. Toigo; J. Michael Battalio

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)