Abstract
The Mars atmosphere responds by radiative and convective heating to surface temperature changes in a time-scale of the order of one day. This is about 50 times as fast as the corresponding response on the earth. As a consequence, the mean wind distribution is under strong solar control but may be modified by latent heat release in CO2 condensation and by the mass flow required to balance such condensation. Unstable eddies, analogous to terrestrial cyclones, are to be expected in all seasons except summer. The thermally driven tides are likely to be strong on Mars, but a detailed theoretical solution to this problem has yet to be given.
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