The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A suite of environmental sensors for the Mars 2020 mission

JA Rodriguez-Manfredi, M De la Torre Juárez… - Space science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract NASA's Mars 2020 (M2020) rover mission includes a suite of sensors to monitor
current environmental conditions near the surface of Mars and to constrain bulk aerosol …

Multi-model meteorological and aeolian predictions for Mars 2020 and the Jezero crater region

CE Newman, M de la Torre Juárez, J Pla-García… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Nine simulations are used to predict the meteorology and aeolian activity of the Mars 2020
landing site region. Predicted seasonal variations of pressure and surface and atmospheric …

Martian year 34 column dust climatology from Mars climate sounder observations: Reconstructed maps and model simulations

L Montabone, A Spiga, DM Kass… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We have reconstructed longitude‐latitude maps of column dust optical depth (CDOD) for
Martian year (MY) 34 (5 May 2017–23 March 2019), using observations by the Mars Climate …

Feasibility of kee** Mars warm with nanoparticles

S Ansari, ES Kite, R Ramirez, LJ Steele… - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
One-third of Mars' surface has shallow-buried H2O, but it is currently too cold for use by life.
Proposals to warm Mars using greenhouse gases require a large mass of ingredients that …

[HTML][HTML] Martian dust storms: reviews and perspective for the tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission

F He, Z Rong, Z Wu, J Gao, K Fan, X Zhou, L Yan… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Dust storms play a crucial role in the climate system and the space environment of Mars,
significantly impacting human exploration activities on the planet. The Martian dust storms …

[HTML][HTML] Interannual variability of regional dust storms between Mars years 24 and 36

C Martín-Rubio, A Vicente-Retortillo, F Gómez… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Dust aerosols in the Martian atmosphere have important impacts on temperatures and
atmospheric dynamics, with the most intense effects occurring during global and regional …

Properties of water ice and dust particles in the atmosphere of Mars during the 2018 global dust storm as inferred from the atmospheric chemistry suite

M Luginin, A Fedorova, N Ignatiev… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The properties of Martian aerosols are an integral part of the planetary climatology. Global
dust storms (GDS) significantly alter spatial and vertical distributions of dust and water ice …

Assessment of wind energy resource potential for future human missions to Mars

VL Hartwick, OB Toon, JK Lundquist, OA Pierpaoli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Energy sustainability and redundancy for surface habitats, life support systems and scientific
instrumentation represent one of the highest-priority issues for future crewed missions to …

Earth-like thermal and dynamical coupling processes in the Martian climate system

Z Wu, T Li, NG Heavens, CE Newman… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The burst of Mars exploration in the past two decades has significantly improved our
knowledge of the Martian atmosphere. A variety of complementary, multiannual …

Martian atmospheric aerosols composition and distribution retrievals during the first Martian year of NOMAD/TGO solar occultation measurements: 1. Methodology and …

A Stolzenbach, MA López Valverde… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the beginning of the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) science operations in April 2018, its
instrument “Nadir and Occultation for MArs Discovery”(NOMAD) supplies detailed …