# *MARS* | Featured Special Issue

## Mars Dust Cycle Special Issue

On September 15-17, 2009, NASA/Ames Research Center hosted a 3 day	workshop focused on the Martian Dust Cycle. Nearly 100 people from	around the world attended the 3-day workshop whose overall objective	and primary theme was to understand the processes responsible for the	lifting, transport, and removal of dust in the Martian atmosphere in	the present climate system.

 This special issue of the Mars Journal	contains papers presented at this workshop and is edited by Guest Associate Editor Robert Haberle.	 The issue itself is open-ended in that papers will be added as they complete the review	process. Three papers have completed the	process, a fourth is under revision, and we anticipate the submission	of several more papers before the end of the year. Read More...

# *MARS* | Recently Published

## Mesoscale Modeling of the Circulation in the Gale Crater Region: An Investigation into the Complex Forcing of Convective Boundary Layer Depths

D. Tyler Jr. and J.R. Barnes

Growth of the convective boundary layer in northern part of Gale Crater is dramatically inhibited by the local circulation,which is primarily a consequence of interaction between slope flows in Gale Crater and along the dichotomy boundary. Thecirculation has a significant effect on the vertical structure of air temperature over the northern crater basin, whichinhibits the growth of the convective boundary layer and cause a significant effect on the diurnal cycle of surface pressure.

*Mars* 8, 58-77, 2013 | doi:10.1555/mars.2013.0003

# *MARS* | Recently Published

## Testing Mars-inspired operational strategies for semi-autonomous rovers on the Moon: The GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test in New Mexico

R. Aileen Yingst, B. A. Cohen, L. Crumpler, M. E. Schmidt and C. M. Schrader

Images taken for a portion of a blocky basaltic ridge as part of a geologic field test of rover science operations developed for MER.

*Mars* 6, 13-31, 2011 | doi:10.1555/mars.2011.0002

# *MARS* | Recently Published

## Aqueous mineralogy and stratigraphy at and around the proposed Mawrth Vallis MSL Landing Site: New insights into the aqueous history of the region

Eldar Z. Noe Dobrea, Joseph Michalski and Gregg Swayze

CRISM observations covering the proposed Mawrth Vallis MSL landing ellipse reveal a mineralogical diversity in the area that was not previously realized.

*Mars* 6, 32-46, 2011 | doi:10.1555/mars.2011.0003

# *MARS* | About

The Mars Journal is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal that is published formally as "Mars, The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration". The Mars Journal publishes peer-reviewed scholarly papers in three general categories: 
        - Mars Science:  Observations, data, theory, models, and reviews of scientific literature 
        - Mars Technology:  Instruments, spacecraft, missions, tools and techniques, and software 
        - Mars Policy:  Exploration strategy, economics, planetary protection, history, and commentary 
        Chief Editor: 
        - David A. Paige
        Associate Editors: 
        - Oded Aharonson
        - Sushil Atreya
        - Roger Bourke
        - Alberto Fairén
        - François Forget
        - Jeffrey Plescia
        - Margaret Race
        - Donald Rapp
        Assistant Editor: 
        - Carey Tanner
        Web Assistance: 
        - Mark Sullivan

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