BioGAS spectrometer for biogenic gas detection and location on the surface of mars

Collection of Technical Papers - 2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 159-173

  Wilson Jr , Edmond W ^a,d   Tunstel, Edward W ^b,d   Anderson, Gary T ^c,d,e  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e AIAA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METHANE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIOGAS INSTRUMENT MOBILITY; BIOGENIC GAS DETECTION; DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; DIODE LASER PHOTO DETECTOR; DIODE LASER RADIATION SOURCE;

BIOGAS;

EID: 35648954101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-2726     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy, 20 October 2002; Amended 24 March 2005, http://www.cosparhq.org/Scistr/Pppolicy.htm, accessed April 16, 2007.
2. Webster, C. R., Owen, T., Yung, Y. L., Allen, M. A., Stein, L. Y., Blake, G. A., Chutjian, A., Eiler, J., Herman, R. L., and Moyer, E. L., "JPL Grand Challenge Initiative 1999," http://laserweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ planetaryinstruments/GChallcrw.html, accessed April 1, 2007.
3. Formisano, V., Atreya, S., Encrenaz, T., Ignatiev, N., and Giuranna, M., "Detection of Methane in the Atmosphere of Mars," Science, Vol. 306, 2004, pp. 1758-1761.
4. 4: Sources, Flux, and Detection," Astrobiology, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2006, pp. 377-395.
5. Schofield, J. T., Barnes, J. R., Crisp, D., Haberle, R. M., Larsen, S., Magalhães, J. A. Murphy, J. R., Seiff, A. Wilson, G., "The Mars Pathfinder Atmospheric Structure Investigation/Meteorology (ASI/MET) Experiment," Science, Vol. 278, 1997, pp. 1752-1757.
6. Hess, S. L., Henry, R. M., Leovy, C. B., Ryan, J. A., Tillman, J. E., Cole, H. L., Dutton, R. G., Greene, G. C., Simon, W. E., and Mitchell, J. L., "Preliminary Meteorological Results on Mars from the Viking 1 Lander," Science, Vol. 193, 1976 pp. 788-791.
7. Nier, A. O., Hanson, W. B., Seiff, A., McElroy, M. B., Spencer, N. W., Duckett, R. J., Knight, T. C. D., and Cook, W. S,. "Composition and Structure of the Martian Atmosphere: Preliminary Results from Viking 1," Science, Vol. 193, 1976, pp. 786-788.
8. Landis, G.A., "Mars Dust Removal Technology," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 126-128, Jan. 1998.
9. Rothman, L. S., Barbe, A., Benner, D. C., Brown, N. R., Camy-Peyret, C., Carleer, M. R., Chance, K., Clerbaux, C., Dana, V., Devi, V. M., Fayt, A., Flaud, J. M., Gamache, R. R., Goldman, A., Jacquemart, D., Jucks, K. W., Lafferty, J. W., Mandin, J. Y., Massie, S. T., Nemtchinov, V., Newnham, D. A., Perrin, A., Rinsland, C. P., Schroeder, J., Smith, K. M., Smith, M. A. H., Tang, K., Toth, R. A., Vander Auwera, J., Varanasi, P., Yoshino, K., "The HITRAN Molecular Spectroscopy Database: Edition of 2000,Including Updates Through 2001" J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, Vol. 82, 2003, pp. 5-44.
10. Krasnopolsky, V. A., Mumma, M. J., Bjoraker, G. L., and Jennings, D. E., "Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Ratios in Martian Carbon Dioxide: Measurements and Implications for Atmospheric Evolution," Icarus, Vol. 124, No. 2, 1996, pp. 553-568.
11. Scott, E. R. D. and Krot, A. N., "Oxygen isotopic compositions and origins of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions and chondrules," Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Vol. 36, Year pp. 1307-1319.
12. 2"NASA - New Gully Deposit in a Crater in Terra Sirenum," 6 Dec. 2006, URL: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/pia09027.html [cited 22 April 2007].
13. Huntsberger, T., Sujan, V. A., Dubowsky, S. and Schenker, P. S., "Integrated System for Sensing and Traverse of Cliff Faces," Proc. Aerosense'03: Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology V, SPIE Vol. 5083, Orlando, FL, April 22-24, 2003.
14. Anderson, G. T., Sheesley, C., Toison, J., Wilson, E., and Tunstel, E., "A Mobile Robot System for Remote Measurements of Ammonia Vapor in the Atmosphere," 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics October 8-11, 2006 Taipei, Taiwan, Paper SMC2006-0966, pages 241-246.