Image Details

Choose export citation format:

Impact of Annually Variable Dust Activity on the Recession of the Martian South Polar Seasonal Cap

  • Authors: Zhibin Li, Jianjun Liu, Renhao Tian, Zhaopeng Chen, Qing Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Wei Yan, Qiang Fu, Shaoran Liu, Nannan Ma

Zhibin Li et al 2025 The Astronomical Journal 169 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

(a) Schematic diagram of the “cryptic region” (with orange arrows pointing to the area). (b) Sublimation flux of carbon dioxide ice with a grain size of 1 mm as a function of atmospheric optical thickness (adapted from P. B. Bonev et al. 2003). (c) Average atmospheric optical thickness of the “cryptic region” during the period Ls = 210°–240°.

Other Images in This Article
Copyright and Terms & Conditions

Additional terms of reuse