Smith, Michael D.;
Wolff, Michael J.;
Lemmon, Mark T.;
Spanovich, Nicole;
Banfield, Don;
Budney, Charles J.;
Clancy, R. Todd;
Ghosh, Amitabha;
Landis, Geoffrey A.;
Smith, Peter;
Whitney, Barbara;
Christensen, Philip R.;
Squyres, Steven W.
First Atmospheric Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers Mini-TES
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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
First Atmospheric Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers Mini-TES
Contributor:
Smith, Michael D.;
Wolff, Michael J.;
Lemmon, Mark T.;
Spanovich, Nicole;
Banfield, Don;
Budney, Charles J.;
Clancy, R. Todd;
Ghosh, Amitabha;
Landis, Geoffrey A.;
Smith, Peter;
Whitney, Barbara;
Christensen, Philip R.;
Squyres, Steven W.
imprint:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
Published in:Science
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1126/science.1104257
ISSN:
0036-8075;
1095-9203
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>Thermal infrared spectra of the martian atmosphere taken by the Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) were used to determine the atmospheric temperatures in the planetary boundary layer and the column-integrated optical depth of aerosols. Mini-TES observations show the diurnal variation of the martian boundary layer thermal structure, including a near-surface superadiabatic layer during the afternoon and an inversion layer at night. Upward-looking Mini-TES observations show warm and cool parcels of air moving through the Mini-TES field of view on a time scale of 30 seconds. The retrieved dust optical depth shows a downward trend at both sites.</jats:p>