A Probabilistic Trajectory and Dispersion Study of Martian Tumbleweed Rover Swarms in Global Dust Storm Conditions

arXiv:2609.38610 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM, nlin.AO, physics.data-an, stat.AP · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM, nlin.AO, physics.data-an, stat.AP

Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Code: https://github.com/emmabelhadfa/TumbleweedTrajectory

Terminology

• Mars Climate Database — 6× in this paper
• Copula — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Dust Rover — 5× in this paper
• Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator — 3× in this paper
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Process — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Dynamic Modeling — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Redundancy — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Stochastic Dynamics — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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