Nili Patera dune field
Nili Patera is a dune field on Mars . It is located on top of a lava bed , at the site of an ancient volcano, the Nili Patera caldera of Syrtis Major , near the Martian equator, [1] and it is one of the most active dune fields of Mars. Its location coordinates on Mars are 8.7° N latitude, 67.3° E longitude. [2] It is being actively studied by the HiRISE camera, on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter , at the rate of one image every six weeks. The study of the movement of the dunes provides information regarding wind variation as a function of time and furthers the study of surface erosion characteristics of the Martian landscape. This information can then be used for the development and design of future Mars expeditions. [1] [3] The dunes of the Patera field are of the barchan type and their study by HiRISE was the first one to establish dune and ripple movement of a minimum of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) on Mars. [4] The Patera dune field, was also the first to be investigated using the COSI-Corr software, which was originally developed to analyse the movement of earthbound dunes. [4] The research results from the evidence provided by the monitoring of the Nili Patera field, indicate sand fluxes of the order of several cubic metres per metre per year, similar to the flux observed at the sand dunes of Victoria Valley in Antarctica . [5]
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Nili Patera is a dune field on Mars . It is located on top of a lava bed , at the site of an ancient volcano, the Nili Patera caldera of Syrtis Major , near the Martian equator, [1] and it is one of the most active dune fields of Mars. Its location coordinates on Mars are 8.7° N latitude, 67.3° E longitude. [2] It is being actively studied by the HiRISE camera, on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter , at the rate of one image every six weeks. The study of the movement of the dunes provides information regarding wind variation as a function of time and furthers the study of surface erosion characteristics of the Martian landscape. This information can then be used for the development and design of future Mars expeditions. [1] [3] The dunes of the Patera field are of the barchan type and their study by HiRISE was the first one to establish dune and ripple movement of a minimum of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) on Mars. [4] The Patera dune field, was also the first to be investigated using the COSI-Corr software, which was originally developed to analyse the movement of earthbound dunes. [4] The research results from the evidence provided by the monitoring of the Nili Patera field, indicate sand fluxes of the order of several cubic metres per metre per year, similar to the flux observed at the sand dunes of Victoria Valley in Antarctica . [5] |
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| 2017 |
57245 characters 4 sections 10 paragraphs 13 images 174 internal links 14 external links |
nili 0.495 patera 0.451 dune 0.318 dunes 0.275 sand 0.205 movement 0.195 saltons 0.114 landscape 0.113 ripples 0.110 flux 0.105 lava 0.093 thinner 0.092 antarctica 0.091 field 0.085 winds 0.081 |
Nili Patera is a dune field on Mars . It is located on top of a lava bed , at the site of an ancient volcano, the Nili Patera caldera of Syrtis Major , near the Martian equator, [1] and it is one of the most active dune fields of Mars. Its location coordinates on Mars are 8.7° N latitude, 67.3° E longitude. [2] It is being actively studied by the HiRISE camera, on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter , at the rate of one image every six weeks. The study of the movement of the dunes provides information regarding wind variation as a function of time and furthers the study of surface erosion characteristics of the Martian landscape. This information can then be used for the development and design of future Mars expeditions. [1] [3] The dunes of the Patera field are of the barchan type and their study by HiRISE was the first one to establish dune and ripple movement of a minimum of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) on Mars. [4] The Patera dune field, was also the first to be investigated using the COSI-Corr software, which was originally developed to analyse the movement of earthbound dunes. [4] The research results from the evidence provided by the monitoring of the Nili Patera field, indicate sand fluxes of the order of several cubic metres per metre per year, similar to the flux observed at the sand dunes of Victoria Valley in Antarctica . [5] |