Leovy C
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Box 351640, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA.
Nature. 2001 Jul 12;412(6843):245-9. doi: 10.1038/35084192.
Imagine a planet very much like the Earth, with similar size, rotation rate and inclination of rotation axis, possessing an atmosphere and a solid surface, but lacking oceans and dense clouds of liquid water. We might expect such a desert planet to be dominated by large variations in day-night and winter-summer weather. Dust storms would be common. Observations and simulations of martian climate confirm these expectations and provide a wealth of detail that can help resolve problems of climate evolution.
想象一个与地球非常相似的行星，它具有相似的大小、自转速度和自转轴倾角，有大气层和固体表面，但没有海洋和浓密的液态水云。我们可能会认为这样一个沙漠行星会受到昼夜和冬夏天气的巨大变化主导。沙尘暴会很常见。对火星气候的观测和模拟证实了这些预期，并提供了丰富的细节，有助于解决气候演化问题。
