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Ryan et al. 1978
Ryan, J.A., Henry, R.M., Hess, S.L., Leovy, C.B., Tillman, J.E. and Walcek, C. (1978). Mars meteorology: Three seasons at the surface. Geophysical Research Letters 5: doi: 10.1029/GL005i008p00715. issn: 0094-8276.

We summarize some meteorological results from Viking for northern summer, autumn and winter. Little Sol-to-Sol meteorological change was observed during summer, except for secular pressure change. However, a regular sequence of weather disturbances, interpreted as baroclinic waves, appeared primarily at VL-2 during autumn and winter. The number of Rossby waves present at a given instant is calculated to be 4 and 6 for these seasons. The extreme regularity and low wave number make these systems closely resemble the baroclinic waves of rotating annulus experiments.

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