One Martian year of atmospheric observations by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer

Michael D. Smith; John C. Pearl; Barney J. Conrath; Philip Christensen

doi:10.1029/2001GL013608

One Martian year of atmospheric observations by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer

Michael D. Smith, John C. Pearl, Barney J. Conrath, Philip Christensen

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The Mars Global Surveyor has completed one full Martian year of mapping. Infrared spectra returned by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) are very well suited for monitoring the thermal structure and the distribution of aerosols and water vapor in the Mars atmosphere. Nadir-viewing spectra allow a global picture of the state of the Mars atmosphere on a daily basis. We report here on the observed annual cycle of the latitudinal dependence of atmospheric temperature, dust aerosols, water-ice clouds, and water vapor.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4263-4266
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL013608
State	Published - Nov 15 2001

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