Early results from the meteorological instruments on the Viking 2 lander are presented. As on lander 1, the daily patterns of temperature, wind, and pressure have been highly repetitive during the early summer period. The average daily maximum temperature was 241 K and the diurnal minimum was 191 K. The wind has a vector mean of 0.7 meter per second from the southeast with a diurnal amplitude of 3 meters per second. Pressure exhibits both diurnal and semidiurnal oscillations, although of substantially smaller amplitude than those of lander 1. Departures from the repetitive diurnal patterns begin to appear on sol 37.


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    Title :

    Early meteorological results from the Viking 2 lander


    Contributors:
    Hess, S. L. (author) / Mitchell, J. L. (author) / Henry, R. M. (author) / Leovy, C. B. (author) / Tillman, J. E. (author) / Ryan, J. A. (author)

    Published in:

    Science ; 194


    Publication date :

    1976-12-17


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English