Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

The sound of a Martian dust devil

  • N. Murdoch,
  • A. E. Stott,
  • M. Gillier,
  • R. Hueso,
  • M. Lemmon,
  • G. Martinez,
  • V. Apéstigue,
  • D. Toledo,
  • R. D. Lorenz,
  • B. Chide,
  • A. Munguira,
  • A. Sánchez-Lavega,
  • A. Vicente-Retortillo,
  • C. E. Newman,
  • S. Maurice,
  • M. de la Torre Juárez,
  • T. Bertrand,
  • D. Banfield,
  • S. Navarro,
  • M. Marin,
  • J. Torres,
  • J. Gomez-Elvira,
  • X. Jacob,
  • A. Cadu,
  • A. Sournac,
  • J. A. Rodriguez-Manfredi,
  • R. C. Wiens,
  • D. Mimoun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35100-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Dust devils are common on Mars and understanding their dynamics is important to gain insights about the meteorology of the planet. Here, the authors show characteristics of a Martian dust devil and its sound from Perseverance rover multi-sensor data combined with modelling.