Elevation Dependent Meteorology In Gale Crater
S. D. Guzewich, Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md, Usa (Scott.D.Guzewich@Nasa.Gov), M.
T. Lemmon, Space Science Institute, College Station, Tx, Usa, G. Bischof, York University, Toronto, On,
Canada, E. L. Mason, Nasa Gsfc/Cresst Ii/University Of Md Baltimore County, Greenbelt, Md, Usa, C.
E. Newman, M. I. Richardson, Aeolis Research, Pasadena, Ca, Usa, M. De La Torre Juárez, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena, Ca, Usa.

Introduction: Airflow Over And Around Mars’
Extreme Topography Drives Much Of Its Sensible
Weather. On Global Scales, The Large Argyre And Hellas Impact Basins Of The Southern Hemisphere Drive
Stationary Waves [1-3]. In The Northern Hemisphere,
The Smoother And Lower Terrain Provides Channels For
Baroclinic And Barotropic Traveling Waves [4-5].
Many Of These Massive Terrain Features Also Force
Vertically-Propagating Gravity And Inertia-Gravity
Waves [6-7]. On Smaller Scales, Craters Of All Sizes
Produce Daily- And Seasonally-Varying Patterns Of
Upslope And Downslope Winds [8-9] And Hydrostatic
Adjustments In Air Pressure [10], Resulting In Complex
Aeolian Activity And Possibly Dispersal Of Trace Gases