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The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A Suite of Environmental Sensors for the Mars 2020 MissionNASA’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 properties from changes in atmospheric radiation at the surface. The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) consists of a set of meteorological sensors including wind sensor, a barometer, a relative humidity sensor, a set of 5 thermocouples to measure atmospheric temperature at ∼1.5 m and ∼0.5 m above the surface, a set of thermopiles to characterize the thermal IR brightness temperatures of the surface and the lower atmosphere. MEDA adds a radiation and dust sensor to monitor the optical atmospheric properties that can be used to infer bulk aerosol physical properties such as particle size distribution, non-sphericity, and concentration. The MEDA package and its scientific purpose are described in this document as well as how it responded to the calibration tests and how it helps prepare for the human exploration of Mars. A comparison is also presented to previous environmental monitoring payloads landed on Mars on the Viking, Pathfinder, Phoenix, MSL, and InSight spacecraft.
Document ID
20210014064
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
J. A. Rodriguez-Manfredi ORCID(Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
M. de la Torre Juárez (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
A. Alonso (Airbus (Spain) Getafe, Spain)
V. Apéstigue (National Institute for Aerospace Technology Madrid, Spain)
I. Arruego (National Institute for Aerospace Technology Madrid, Spain)
T. Atienza (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain)
D. Banfield (Cornell University Ithaca, New York, United States)
J. Boland (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
M. A. Carrera (Added-Value-Solutions)
L. Castañer (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain)
J. Ceballos (Seville Institute of Microelectronics Seville, Spain)
H. Chen-Chen (University of the Basque Country Leioa, Spain)
A. Cobos (Airbus (Spain) Getafe, Spain)
P. G. Conrad (Carnegie Institution for Science Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)
E. Cordoba (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia (University of the Basque Country Leioa, Spain)
A. de Vicente-Retortillo (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
M. Domínguez-Pumar (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain)
S. Espejo (Seville Institute of Microelectronics Seville, Spain)
A. G. Fairen (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
A. Fernández-Palma (Added-Value-Solutions)
R. Ferrándiz (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
F. Ferri (University of Padua Padova, Veneto, Italy)
E. Fischer (University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States)
A. García-Manchado (Airbus (Spain) Getafe, Spain)
M. García-Villadangos (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
M. Genzer (Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland)
S. Giménez (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
J. Gómez-Elvira (National Institute for Aerospace Technology Madrid, Spain)
F. Gómez (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
S. D. Guzewich (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
A.-M. Harri (Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland)
C. D. Hernández (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
M. Hieta (Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland)
R. Hueso (University of the Basque Country Leioa, Spain)
I. Jaakonaho (Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland)
J. J. Jiménez (National Institute for Aerospace Technology Madrid, Spain)
V. Jiménez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain)
A. Larman (Added-Value-Solutions)
R. Leiter (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
A. Lepinette (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
M. T. Lemmon (Space Science Institute Boulder, Colorado, United States)
G. López (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain)
S. N. Madsen (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
T. Mäkinen (Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland)
M. Marín (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
J. Martín-Soler (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
G. Martínez (Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, Texas, United States)
A. Molina (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
L. Mora-Sotomayor (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
J. F. Moreno-Álvarez (Airbus (Spain) Getafe, Spain)
S. Navarro (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
C. E. Newman (Aeolis Corporation)
C. Ortega (Added-Value-Solutions)
M. C. Parrondo (National Institute for Aerospace Technology Madrid, Spain)
V. Peinado (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
A. Peña (Airbus (Spain) Getafe, Spain)
I. Pérez-Grande (Technical University of Madrid Madrid, Spain)
S. Pérez-Hoyos (University of the Basque Country Leioa, Spain)
J. Pla-García (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
J. Polkko (Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki, Finland)
M. Postigo (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
O. Prieto-Ballesteros (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
S. C. R. Rafkin (Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, Texas, United States)
M. Ramos (University of Alcalá Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
M. I. Richardson (Aeolis Corporation)
J. Romeral (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
C. Romero (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
K. D. Runyon (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory North Laurel, Maryland, United States)
A. Saiz-Lopez (Institute of Physical Chemistry "Rocasolano" Madrid, Spain)
A. Sánchez-Lavega (University of the Basque Country Leioa, Spain)
I. Sard (Added-Value-Solutions)
J. T. Schofield (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
E. Sebastian (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
M. D. Smith (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
R. J. Sullivan (Cornell University Ithaca, New York, United States)
L. K. Tamppari (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
A. D. Thompson (Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
D. Toledo (National Institute for Aerospace Technology Madrid, Spain)
F. Torrero (Airbus (Spain) Getafe, Spain)
J. Torres (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
R. Urquí (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
T. Velasco (Airbus (Spain) Getafe, Spain)
D. Viúdez-Moreiras (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
S. Zurita (Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
Date Acquired
April 20, 2021
Publication Date
April 13, 2021
Publication Information
Publication: Space Science Reviews
Publisher: Springer
Volume: 217
Issue: 48
Issue Publication Date: January 1, 2021
ISSN: 0038-6308
e-ISSN: 1572-9672
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-021-00816-9
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 80NM0018D0004P00002
PROJECT: ESP2014-54256-C4-1-R/-2-R/-3-R/-4-R
PROJECT: AYA2015-65041-P
PROJECT: ESP2016-79612-C3-1-R/-2-R/-3-R
PROJECT: ESP2016-80320-C2-1-R
PROJECT: RTI2018-098728-B-C31/-C32/-C33
PROJECT: RTI2018-099825-B-C31
CONTRACT_GRANT: ERC 818602
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