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Mars Co 2 Ice Clouds Properties from Omega / Mex Observations Coupled to Radiative Transfer Modeling
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Pilorget, C. Gorce, Agnès De La Vincendon, M. Gondet, Brigitte Bibring, J.-P. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Introduction: Observations have revealed the presence of CO2 ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere [1-5]. These clouds, with no analog on Earth, form at high latitudes during the polar night, but also at equatorial latitudes in the martian mesosphere (50100 km) in the 0-140° Ls range. A few occurrence of CO2 ice clouds have also been observed at midlatitudes during local autumn. These CO2 ice clouds are of particular importance as they may be one of the keys to understand Mars past climate [6]. Assessing their actual impact, however, require precise constraints about their physical properties and formation mechanisms which still remain unclear. Here we perform a systematic analysis of previously detected CO2 ice clouds on Mars, combining OMEGA/MEx observations and radiative transfer modeling in order to determine their physical properties (composition, opacity, grain size). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/granada2017/abstracts/pilorget_granada2017_co2clouds.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
