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A martian atmospheric phenomenon called a ‘bore wave’ has been observed by the Viking imaging system during late spring and early summer of two martian years, in the Tharsis Ridge region of the planet. Here we present the observational data and offer a tentative explanation for the occurrence of this feature, formed by airflow and which behaves like a thermally induced diurnal katabatic breeze.
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Hunt, G., Pickersgill, A., James, P. et al. Daily and seasonal Viking observations of martian bore wave systems. Nature 293, 630–633 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/293630a0
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