14 years of Mars’ atmosphere monitoring by SPICAM on Mars Express
Résumé
SPICAM is entering his 8th Martian yeararound Mars and continues to collect measurementswith its infrared channel. This dataset is uniqueinsofar as it comes from the same calibratedinstrument, continuously over the course of 14 years.Hence, it allows to probe different physicalphenomena with multi-annual and seasonal timescale,as well as episodic events (e.g dust storms). SPICAMcontributed to the improvement of the understandingof Mars’s climate in several areas including loweratmosphere composition, chemical processes and thestructure of the atmosphere.
Domaines
Astrophysique [astro-ph]Origine | Publication financée par une institution |
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