Atmospheric and surface retrievals in the Mars polar regions from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Eluszkiewicz, Janusz ^a   Moncet, Jean Luc ^a   Shephard, Mark W ^a   Cady Pereira, Karen ^a   Connor, Thomas ^a   Uymin, Gennady ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSIVITY; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLAR REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 57649129030     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003120     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Banfield, D., B. J. Conrath, M. D. Smith, P. Christensen, and R. J. Wilson (2003), Forced waves in the Martian atmosphere from MGS TES nadir data, Icarus, 161, 319-345, doi:10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00044-1.
2. Banfield, D., B. J. Conrath, P. J. Gierasch, R. J. Wilson, and M. D. Smith (2004), Traveling waves in the Martian atmosphere from MGS TES nadir data, Icarus, 170, 365-403, doi:10.1016 /j.icarus.2004.03.015.
3. Christensen, P. R. (2002), MGS M Thermal Emission Spectrometer 3 TSDR V2.0, MGS-M-TES-3-TSDR-V2.0, http://starbrite.jpl.nasa.gov/pds/ viewProfile.jsp?dsid=MGS-M-TES-3-TSDR-V2.0, Planet. Data Syst., Washington, D. C.
4. Christensen, P. R., et al. (2001), Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,823-23,871, doi:10.1029/ 2000JE001370.
5. Clough, S. A., M. J. Iacono, and J.-L. Moncet (1992), Line-by-line calculation of atmospheric fluxes and cooling rates: Application to water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 15,761-15,785.
6. Clough, S. A., M. J. Iacono, D. D. Turner, T. R. Shippert, J. C. Liljegren, D. C. Tobin, H. E. Revercomb, and R. O. Knuteson (1999), Effect on the calculated spectral surface radiances due to MWR scaling of sonde water vapor profiles, paper presented at Ninth ARM Science Team Meeting, Dep. of Energy, Washington, D. C. (Available online at http:// www arm.gov/publications/proceedings/conf09/abstracts/clough-99.pdf)
7. Clough, S. A., M. W. Shephard, E. J. Mlawer, J. S. Delamere, M. J. Iacono, K. Cady-Pereira, S. Boukabara, and P. D. Brown (2005), Atmospheric radiative transfer modeling: A summary of the AER codes, short communication, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 91, 233-244, doi:10.1016/jjqsrt.2004.05.058.
8. Clough, S. A., M. W. Shephard, and V. H. Payne (2008), Implications for molecular spectroscopy inferred from IASI satellite spectral measurements, paper presented at Tenth Biennial HITRAN Conference, Air Force Cambridge Res. Lab., Bedford, Mass.
9. Colaprete, A., J. R. Barnes, R. M. Haberle, J. L. Hollingsworth, H. H. Kieffer, and T. N. Titus (2005), Albedo of the south pole on Mars determined by topographic forcing of atmosphere dynamics, Nature, 435, 184-188, doi:10.1038/nature03561.
10. 2 clouds, CAPE and convection on Mars: Observations and general circulation modeling, Planet. Space Sci., 56, 150-180.
11. Conrath, B. J., J. C. Pearl, M, D. Smith, W. C. Maguire, S. Dason, M. S. Kaelberer, and P. R. Christensen (2000), Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) observations: Atmospheric temperatures during aerobraking and science phasing, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9509-9519, doo:10.1029/1999JE001095.
12. Eluszkiewicz, J. (2005), On the microphysical state of the Martian seasonal caps, Icarus, 103, 43-48, doi:10.1006/icar.1993.1056.
13. Eluszkiewiez, J., J.-L. Moncet, T. N. Titus, and G. B. Hansen (2005a), A microphysically based approach to modeling emissivity and albedo of the Martian seasonal caps, Icarus, 174, 524-534, doi:10,1016/ j.icarus.2004.05.025.
14. Eluszkiewicz, J., K. Cady-Pereira, G. Uymin, and J.-L. Moncet (2005b), Martian radiative transfer modeling using the Optimal Spectral Sampling method, Lunar Planet. Sci., XXXVI, Abtract 2181.
15. Hansen, G. B. (1997), The infrared absorption spectrum of carbon dioxide ice from 1.8 to 333 μm, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 21,569-21,587, doi:10.1029/97JE01875.
16. Ivanov, A. B., and D. O. Muhleman (2001), Cloud reflection observations: Results from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Icarus, 154, 190-206, doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6686.
17. Kieffer, H. H., T. N. Titus, K. F. Mullins, and P. R. Christensen (2000), Mars south polar spring and summer behavior observed by TES: Seasonal cap evolution controlled by frost grain size, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9653-9699, doi:10.1029/1999JE001136.
18. 2 ice from the 'cryptic' regions in Mars' south seasonal polar cap, Nature, 442, 790-792, doi:10.1038/nature05012.
19. Moncet, J.-L., et al. (2001), Algorithm theoretical basis document for the Cross-track Infi-ared Sounder (CriS) Environmental Data Records (EDR), Rep. P882-TR-E-1.2.3-ATRD-03-01, Atmos. Environ. Res., Inc., Lexington, Mass. (Available at http://eic.ipo.noaa.gov/ IPOarchiveiSCI/atbd/cris_atbd_03_09_01.pdf.)
20. Moncet, J.-L., G. Uymin, A. E. Lipton, and H. E. Snell (2008), Radiance modeling at high spectral resolution by optimal spectral sampling, J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
21. 2 IR bands: IV. Software and database for the computation of atmospheric spectra, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 95, 469-481.
22. Pettengill, G. H., and P. G. Ford (2000), Winter clouds over the north Martian polar cap, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 609-612, doi:10.1029/ 1999GL010896.
23. Richardson, M. I., and R. J. Wilson (2002), Investigation of the nature and stability of the Martian seasonal water cycle with a general circulation model, J. Geophys. Res., 107(E5), 5031, doi:10.1029/ 2001JE001536.
24. Rodgers, C. D. (1976), Retrieval of atmospheric temperature and composition from remote measurements of thermal radiation, Rev. Geophys., 14, 609-624, doi:10.1029/RG014i004p00609.
25. Rodgers, C. D. (2000), Inverse Methods for Atmospheric Sounding: Theory and Practice, World Sci., Hackensack, N. J.
26. Saunders, R., et al. (2007), A comparison of radiative transfer models for simulating Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) radiances, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D01S90, doi:10.1029/2006JD007088.
27. Smith, M. D. (2002), The annual.cycle of water vapor on Mars as observed by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer, J. Geophys. Res., 107(E11), 5115, doi:10.1029/2001JE001522.
28. Smith, M. D. (2004), Interannual variability in TES Atmospheric observations of Mars during 1999-2003, Icarus, 167, 148-165, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.09.010.
29. Smith, M. D., J. C. Pearl, B. J. Conrath, and P. R. Christensen (2000), Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) observations of dust opacity during aerobraking and science phasing, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9539-9552, doi:10.1029/1999JE001097.
30. Titus, T. N., H. H. Kieffer, K. F. Mullins, and P. R. Christensen (2001), TES premapping data: Slab ice and snow flurries in the Martian north polar night, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,181-23,196, doi:10.1029/2000JE001284.
31. Turner, D. D., et al. (2004), The QME AERI LBLRTM: A closure experiment for downwelling high spectral resolution infrared radiance, J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2657-2675, doi:10.1175/JAS3300.1.
32. Wang, H., R. W. Richardson, R. J. Wilson, A. P. Ingersoll, A. D. Toigo, and R. W. Zurek (2003), Cyclones, tides and the origin of a cross-equatorial dust storm on Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(9), 1488, doi:10.1029/2002GL016828.
33. Wang, H., R. W. Zurek, and M. I. Richardson (2005), The relationship between frontal dust storms and transient eddy activity in the northern hemisphere of Mars as observed by Mars Global Surveyor, J. Geophys. Res., 110, E07005, doi:10.1029/2005JE002423.
34. Weng, F. (2007), Advances in radiative transfer modeling in support of satellite data assimilation, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3799-3807, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2112.1.
35. Wilson, R. J. (2000), Evidence for diurnal period Kelvin waves in the Martian atmosphere from Mars Global Surveyor TES data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3889-3892, doi:10.1029/2000GL012028.
36. Wilson, R. J., and K. P. Hamilton (1996), Comprehensive model simulation of thermal tides in the Martian atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1290-1326, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1290:CMSOTT>2.0.CO;2.
37. Wilson, R. J., D. Banfield, B. J. Conrath, and M. D. Smith (2002), Traveling waves in the northern hemisphere of Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(14), 1684, doi:10.1029/2002GL014866.
38. Wiscombe, W. J., and J. W. Evans (1977), Exponential-sum fitting of radiative transmission functions, J. Comput. Phys., 24, 416-444, doi:10.1016/0021-9991(77)90031-6.
39. Wolff, M. J., and R. T. Clancy (2003), Constraints on the size of Martian aerosols from Thermal Emission Spectrometer observations, J. Geophys. Res., 108(E9), 5097, doi:10.1029/2003JE002057.