The dynamic atmospheric and aeolian environment of Jezero crater, Mars

CE Newman, R Hueso, MT Lemmon, A Munguira… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Despite the importance of sand and dust to Mars geomorphology, weather, and exploration,
the processes that move sand and that raise dust to maintain Mars' ubiquitous dust haze and …

Active Mars: A dynamic world

CM Dundas, P Becerra, S Byrne… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mars exhibits diverse surface changes at all latitudes and all seasons. Active processes
include impact cratering, aeolian sand and dust transport, a variety of slope processes …

[HTML][HTML] Squeezing data from a rock: Machine learning for martian science

TP Nagle-McNaughton, LA Scuderi, N Erickson - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Data analysis methods have scarcely kept pace with the rapid increase in Earth
observations, spurring the development of novel algorithms, storage methods, and …

Transverse aeolian ridges in the landing area of the Tianwen-1 Zhurong rover on Utopia Planitia, Mars

S Gou, Z Yue, K Di, C Zhao, R Bugiolacchi… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The enigmatic transverse aeolian ridges (TARs), with distinct morphology and albedo, are
among the key geological features investigated by China's Tianwen-1 Zhurong rover on …

[HTML][HTML] Mars thermal inertia and surface temperatures by the Mars Climate Sounder

S Piqueux, DM Kass, A Kleinböhl, M Slipski, PO Hayne… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the last 16 years, the Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter (MRO) has acquired a large body of surface observations at visible and thermal …

Aeolian disruption and reworking of TARs at the Zhurong rover field site, southern Utopia Planitia, Mars

Y Lu, KS Edgett, B Wu, Y Wang, Z Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aeolian bedforms are the signatures of wind interaction with unconsolidated, granular
surface materials. Transverse aeolian ridges (TARs) are widely distributed on Mars but their …

Paleogeographic reconstructions of an ocean margin on Mars based on deltaic sedimentology at Aeolis Dorsa

BT Cardenas, MP Lamb - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The evidence for an ancient ocean in Mars' northern hemispheric basin during the
Noachian/Hesperian is contentious. Much of the work is based on the modern topography …

Polar science results from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Multiwavelength, multiyear insights

ME Landis, PJ Acharya, NR Alsaeed, C Andres… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), with its arrival in 2006 and nearly continuous
operation since, has provided data for the study of martian polar processes spanning nine …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing active Mars with HiRISE digital terrain models

SS Sutton, M Chojnacki, AS McEwen, RL Kirk… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many discoveries of active surface processes on Mars have been made due to the
availability of repeat high-resolution images from the High Resolution Imaging Science …

Global surface winds and Aeolian sediment pathways on Mars from the morphology of barchan dunes

L Rubanenko, A Gunn, S Pérez‐López… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the absence of consistent meteorological data on Mars, the morphology of dunes can be
employed to study its atmosphere. Specifically, barchan dunes, which form under …