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Interannual Variability of Dust and Ice in the Mars Atmosphere: Comparison of MRO Mars Climate Sounder Retrievals with MGS-TES Limb Sounding RetrievalsDust and ice play important roles in Martian atmospheric dynamics on all time scales. Dust loading in particular exerts an important control on atmospheric temperatures and thereby on the strength of the atmospheric circulation in any given year. We present the first comparisons of MGS-TES aerosol opacity profiles with MRO-MCS aerosol opacity profiles. While the differences in vertical resolution are significant (a factor of 2), we find good agreement at particular seasons between nightside zonal average dust opacity profiles from the two instruments. Derived water ice opacities are likewise similar but show greater variability.
Document ID
20120015245
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/42235
Authors
Shirley, J. H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
McConnochie, T. H. (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Kleinbohl, A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Schofield, J. T. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kass, D. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Heavens, N. G. (Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Benson, J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
McCleese, D. J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
October 3, 2011
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011
Location: Nantes
Country: France
Start Date: October 2, 2011
End Date: October 7, 2011
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Mars Climate Sounder (MCS)
Mars Atmosphere

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