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 …

The modern near-surface Martian climate: a review of in-situ meteorological data from Viking to Curiosity

GM Martinez, CN Newman… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
We analyze the complete set of in-situ meteorological data obtained from the Viking landers
in the 1970s to today's Curiosity rover to review our understanding of the modern near …

The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight

D Banfield, A Spiga, C Newman, F Forget… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The atmosphere of Mars is thin, although rich in dust aerosols, and covers a dry surface. As
such, Mars provides an opportunity to expand our knowledge of atmospheres beyond that …

The diverse meteorology of Jezero crater over the first 250 sols of Perseverance on Mars

JA Rodriguez-Manfredi, M De la Torre Juárez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
NASA's Perseverance rover's Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer is collecting data at
Jezero crater, characterizing the physical processes in the lowest layer of the Martian …

Near surface atmospheric temperatures at Jezero from Mars 2020 MEDA measurements

A Munguira, R Hueso… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer instrument on Mars 2020 has five
Atmospheric Temperature Sensors at two altitudes (0.84 and 1.45 m) plus a Thermal …

The Martian atmospheric boundary layer

A Petrosyan, B Galperin, SE Larsen… - Reviews of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The planetary boundary layer (PBL) represents the part of the atmosphere that is strongly
influenced by the presence of the underlying surface and mediates the key interactions …

Atmospheric science with InSight

A Spiga, D Banfield, NA Teanby, F Forget… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
In November 2018, for the first time a dedicated geophysical station, the InSight lander, will
be deployed on the surface of Mars. Along with the two main geophysical packages, the …

Convective vortices and dust devils at the Phoenix Mars mission landing site

MD Ellehoj, HP Gunnlaugsson… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Phoenix Mars Lander detected a larger number of short (∼ 20 s) pressure drops that
probably indicate the passage of convective vortices or dust devils. Near‐continuous …

A comodulation analysis of atmospheric energy injection into the ground motion at InSight, Mars

C Charalambous, AE Stott, WT Pike… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic observations involve signals that can be easily masked by noise injection. For the
NASA Mars lander InSight, the atmosphere is a significant noise contributor, impeding the …

Evaluating the wind-induced mechanical noise on the InSight seismometers

N Murdoch, D Mimoun, RF Garcia, W Rapin… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structures) instrument onboard the
InSight mission to Mars is the critical instrument for determining the interior structure of Mars …