Dust and Clouds on Mars: The View from Mars Express
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Authors
Määttänen, A.
Fedorova, A.
Giuranna, M.
Hernández-Bernal, J.
Leseigneur, Y.
Montmessin, F.
Olsen, K.S.
Sánchez-Lavega, A.
Stcherbinine, A.
Szantai, A.
Tirsch, D.
Vincendon, M.
Willame, Y.
Wolkenberg, P.
Discipline
Physical sciences
Subject
Mars
Atmosphere
Clouds
Mineral dust
Audience
Scientific
Date
2024Metadata
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European Space Agency’s Mars Express (MEX) has been orbiting Mars for 20 years and its instruments have provided a plethora of observations of atmospheric dust and clouds. These observations have been analysed to produce many unique views of the processes leading to dust lifting and cloud formation, and a full picture of the climatologies of dust and clouds has emerged. Moreover, the orbit of MEX enables viewing the planet at many local times, giving a unique access to the diurnal variations of the atmosphere. This article provides an overview of the observations of dust and clouds on Mars by MEX, complemented by the Trace Gas Orbiter that has been accompanying MEX on orbit for some years.
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Määttänen, A.; Fedorova, A.; Giuranna, M.; Hernández-Bernal, J.; Leseigneur, Y.; Montmessin, F.; Olsen, K.S.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Stcherbinine, A.; Szantai, A.; Tirsch, D.; Vincendon, M.; Willame, Y.; Wolkenberg, P. (2024). Dust and Clouds on Mars: The View from Mars Express. , Space Science Reviews, Vol. 220, Issue 6, A63, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-024-01092-z.Identifiers
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Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng