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Tratt et al. 2003
Tratt, D.M., Hecht, M.H., Catling, D.C., Samulon, E.C. and Smith, P.H. (2003). In situ measurement of dust devil dynamics: Toward a strategy for Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 108: doi: 10.1029/2003JE002161. issn: 0148-0227.

An intensive 3-day dust devil investigation was conducted near Eloy, Arizona, during June of 2001. The goal was to evaluate strategies for observing dust devils on Mars by studying the physics of terrestrial dust devils. As part of this campaign, an instrumented vehicle outfitted with wind, temperature, and pressure sensors was used to intercept and penetrate numerous dust devils. Defined analysis of meteorological fields was only possible with knowledge of the whole body motion of a dust devil. One such data set analyzed revealed a dust devil structure characterized by a tangential wind proportional to radius, r, inside the warm, low-pressure core of a dust devil, and proportional to r-1/2 outside the core. We discuss the implications for optimum measurement strategies.

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Land/atmosphere interactions, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Boundary layer processes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Instruments and techniques, Planetology, Fluid Planets, Atmospheres--structure and dynamics, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pressure, density, and temperature
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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