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Snow precipitation on Mars driven by cloud-induced night-time convection

Montmessin, Franck; Hinson, David P.; Forget, François +4 more

Although it contains less water vapour than Earth's atmosphere, the Martian atmosphere hosts clouds. These clouds, composed of water-ice particles, influence the global transport of water vapour and the seasonal variations of ice deposits. However, the influence of water-ice clouds on local weather is unclear: it is thought that Martian clouds are…