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OCR: CLIMATH MODEI The lower left hand panel displays simulated image of Mars US it would appear at the present time to a very high resolution Earth-based telescope. At the present season (as March 96) the beginning of fall in the nori thern hemisphere pud spring in the southern hemisphere an extensive seasonal polar cap is visible in the south. The lower right hand panel shows model prediction of the meteorology at the present time (from the Ames Mars Climate Model). Daily average temperatures in the lower atmosphere are color coded, while predicted wind speeds and directions are indicated by the arrows At the current seuson, there are weak east-west winds through much of the atmosphere Strong eddy activity (which increases the spring) is evident in the southern hemis sphere fime northerr righ ...