Mars, too, has macroweather: But weather forecasting on the Red Planet is likely to be even trickier than on Earth

A new study by researchers at McGill University and UCL finds that this same three-part pattern applies to atmospheric conditions on Mars. The results, published in Geophysical Research Letters, also show that the sun plays a major role in determining macroweather.

The research promises to advance scientists' understanding of the dynamics of Earth's own atmosphere -- and could provide insights into the weather of Venus, Saturn's moon Titan, and possibly the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The scientists chose to study Mars for its wealth of data with which to test their theory that a transitional "macroweather" regime exists on other planets. They used information collected from Viking -- a Mars lander mission during the 1970s and 1980s -- and more recent data from a satellite orbiting Mars

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