Simultaneous observations of the Martian atmosphere by Planetary Fourier Spectrometer on Mars Express and Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer on Mars Exploration Rover

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Wolkenberg, P ^a   Grassi, D ^a   Formisano, V ^a   Rinaldi, G ^a   Amore, M D ^a   Smith, M ^b  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MARS;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 67650433406     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003216     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Chicarro, A. F., P. Martin, and R. Trautner (2004), The Mars Express Mission: An Overview, in Mars Express: The Scientific Payload, edited by A. Wilson, Eur. Space Agency Spec. Publ., ESA-SP 1240, pp. 3-16.
2. Christensen, P. R., et al. (2003), Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer for the Mars Exploration Rovers, J. Geophys. Res., 108(E12), 8064, doi:10.1029/2003JE002117.
3. Cohen, D. L. (1999), Performance degradation of a Michelson interferometer due to random sampling errors, Appl. Opt., 3S(1), 139-151, doi:10.1364/AO.38.000139.
4. Conrath, B. J. (1972), Vertical resolution of temperature profiles obtained from remote radiation measurements, J. Atmos. Sci, 29, 1262-1271, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1972)029<1262:VROTPO>2.0.CO;2.
5. Conrath, B. J., J. C. Pearl, M. D. Smith, W. C. Maguire, P. R. Christensen, S. Dason, and M. S. Kaelberer (2000), Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) observations: Atmospheric temperatures during aerobraking and science phasing, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 95099519, doi:10.1029/1999JE001095.
6. Forget, F., F. Hourdin, R. Fournier, C. Hourdin, O. Talagrand, M. Collins, S. R. Lewis, P. L. Read, and J.-P. Huot (1999), Improved general circulation models of the Martian atmosphere from the surface to above 80 km, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 24,155-24,176.
7. Formisano, V., D. Grassi, N. Ignatiev, and L. Zasova (2001), IRIS Mariner 9 data revisited: Water and dust daily cycle, Planet. Space Sci, 49, 1331-1346, doi:10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00044-7.
8. Formisano, V., et al. (2005), The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) onboard the European Mars Express mission, Planet. Space Sci, 53, 963-974, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.12.006.
9. Giuranna, M., et al. (2005a), Calibration of the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer short wavelength channel, Planet. Space Sei., 53, 975-991, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2004.12.007.
10. Giuranna, M., et al. (2005b), Calibration of the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer long wavelength channel, Planet. Space Sci., 53, 993-1007, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2005.02.007.
11. Grassi, D. (2004), Study and development of theoretical and software tools for the analysis of data from the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer on board of the Mars Express mission, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy.
12. Grassi, D., N. I. Ignatiev, L. V. Zasova, A. Maturilli, V. Formisano, G. A. Bianchini, and M. Giuranna (2005), Methods for the analysis of data from the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer on the Mars Express Mission, Planet. Space Sci., 53, 1017-1034, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2005.01.006.
13. 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.
14. Rodgers, C. D. (2000), Inverse Methods for Atmospheric Sounding: Theory and Practice, 240 pp., World Sei., Singapore.
15. Saggin, B., L. Comolli, and V. Formisano (2007), Mechanical disturbances in Fourier spectrometers, Appl. Opt., 46(22), 5248-5256, doi:10.1364/ AO.46.005248.
16. Santee, M., and D. Crisp (1993), Thermal structure and dust loading of the Martian atmosphere during late southern summer: Mariner 9 revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 3261-3279, doi:10.1029/92JE01896.
17. Smith, M. D., et al. (2004), First atmospheric science results from the Mars Exploration Rovers Mini-TES, Science, 306, 1750-1753, doi:10.1126/ science. 1104257.
18. Smith, M. D., B. J. Conrath, J. C. Pearl, and E. A. Ustinov (1996), Retrieval of atmospheric temperatures in the Martian planetary boundary layer using upward-looking infrared spectra, Icarus, 124, 586-597.
19. Smith, M. D., M. J. Wolff, N. Spanovich, A. Ghosh, D. Bandfield, P. R. Christensen, G. A. Landis, and S. W. Squyres (2006), One Martian year of atmospheric observations using MER Mini-TES, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E12S13, doi:10.1029/2006JE002770.
20. Twomey, S., B. Herman, and R. Rabinoff (1977), An extension of Chahine method of inserting the radiative transfer equation, J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1085-1090.
21. Zasova, L., D. Grassi, V. Formisano, and A. Maturilli (2001), The Martian atmosphere in the region of the great volcanoes: Mariner 9 IRIS data revisited, Planet. Space Sci., 49, 977-992, doi:10.1016/S00320633(01)00040-X.