Titan's atmosphere and climate

SM Hörst - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Titan is the only moon with a substantial atmosphere, the only other thick N2 atmosphere
besides Earth's, the site of extraordinarily complex atmospheric chemistry that far surpasses …

Thermal structure of the Martian upper atmosphere from MAVEN NGIMS

SW Stone, RV Yelle, M Benna… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) aboard the NASA Mars
Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission measures the structure and variability …

The Composition and Chemistry of Titan's Atmosphere

CA Nixon - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this review I summarize the current state of knowledge about the composition of Titan's
atmosphere and our current understanding of the suggested chemistry that leads to that …

The structure and variability of Mars dayside thermosphere from MAVEN NGIMS and IUVS measurements: Seasonal and solar activity trends in scale heights and …

SW Bougher, KJ Roeten, K Olsen… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mars dayside thermospheric temperature and scale height trends were examined using
measurements from the Neutral Gas Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) and the Imaging …

Carbon dioxide retrievals from NOMAD‐SO on ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and temperature profile retrievals with the hydrostatic equilibrium equation: 2 …

L Trompet, AC Vandaele, I Thomas… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Solar Occultation (SO) channel of the Nadir and Occultation for Mars Discovery
(NOMAD) instrument scans the Martian atmosphere since 21 April 2018. In this work, we …

High‐altitude gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere observed by MAVEN/NGIMS and modeled by a gravity wave scheme

E Yiğit, SL England, G Liu… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
First high‐altitude observations of gravity wave (GW)‐induced CO2 density perturbations in
the Martian thermosphere retrieved from NASA's Neutral Gas Ion Mass Spectrometer …

MAVEN NGIMS observations of atmospheric gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere

SL England, G Liu, E Yiğit, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Gravity waves have a significant impact on both the dynamics and energy budget of the
Martian thermosphere. Strong density variations of spatial scales indicative of gravity waves …

Early MAVEN Deep Dip campaign reveals thermosphere and ionosphere variability

S Bougher, B Jakosky, J Halekas, J Grebowsky… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, during the second of its
Deep Dip campaigns, made comprehensive measurements of martian thermosphere and …

MAVEN/IUVS stellar occultation measurements of Mars atmospheric structure and composition

H Gröller, F Montmessin, RV Yelle… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument of the Mars Atmosphere
and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has acquired data on Mars for more than one …

Spectral analysis of gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere during low solar activity based on MAVEN/NGIMS observations

Q Ji, X Zhu, Z Sheng, T Tian - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravity waves (GWs) are important for vertical coupling between the lower and upper
atmosphere on Mars. Saturated GWs will promote the acceleration of mean flow and …