Geological, multispectral, and meteorological imaging results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in Jezero crater

JF Bell III, JN Maki, S Alwmark, BL Ehlmann… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z instrument provides high-resolution stereo and multispectral
images with a unique combination of spatial resolution, spatial coverage, and wavelength …

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 …

Dust, sand, and winds within an active Martian storm in Jezero crater

MT Lemmon, MD Smith… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rovers and landers on Mars have experienced local, regional, and planetary‐scale dust
storms. However, in situ documentation of active lifting within storms has remained elusive …

Overview and results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover's first science campaign on the Jezero crater floor

VZ Sun, KP Hand, KM Stack, KA Farley… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater on 18 February 2021.
After a 100‐sol period of commissioning and the Ingenuity Helicopter technology …

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 …

Surface energy budget, albedo, and thermal inertia at Jezero Crater, Mars, as observed from the Mars 2020 MEDA instrument

GM Martínez, E Sebastián… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) on board Perseverance
includes first‐of‐its‐kind sensors measuring the incident and reflected solar flux, the …

Convective vortices and dust devils detected and characterized by Mars 2020

R Hueso, CE Newman… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We characterize vortex and dust devils (DDs) at Jezero from pressure and winds obtained
with the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) instrument on Mars 2020 over 415 …

Mars 2020 perseverance rover studies of the Martian atmosphere over Jezero from pressure measurements

A Sánchez‐Lavega… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The pressure sensors on Mars rover Perseverance measure the pressure field in the Jezero
crater on regular hourly basis starting in sol 15 after landing. The present study extends up …

Winds at the Mars 2020 landing site: 1. Near‐Surface wind patterns at Jezero Crater

D Viúdez‐Moreiras, M Lemmon… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This is the first part of a two‐part paper. NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover measured
winds on the Jezero crater floor close to the delta of an ancient river. A mostly repeatable …

Regolith of the crater floor units, Jezero crater, Mars: Textures, composition, and implications for provenance

A Vaughan, ME Minitti, EL Cardarelli… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A multi‐instrument study of the regolith of Jezero crater floor units by the Perseverance rover
has identified three types of regolith: fine‐grained, coarse‐grained, and mixed‐type …