Dust and clouds on Mars: the view from Mars express

A Määttänen, A Fedorova, M Giuranna… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract European Space Agency's Mars Express (MEX) has been orbiting Mars for 20 years
and its instruments have provided a plethora of observations of atmospheric dust and …

Strong variability of Martian water ice clouds during dust storms revealed from ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD

G Liuzzi, GL Villanueva, MMJ Crismani… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of water ice clouds and aerosols on Mars can provide important insights into
the complexity of the water cycle. Recent observations have indicated an important link …

[HTML][HTML] Cosmic dust fluxes in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and Venus

JD Carrillo-Sánchez, JC Gómez-Martín, DL Bones… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
The ablation of cosmic dust injects a range of metals into planetary upper atmospheres. In
addition, dust particles which survive atmospheric entry can be an important source of …

The distribution, composition, and particle properties of Mars mesospheric aerosols: An analysis of CRISM visible/near-IR limb spectra with context from near …

RT Clancy, MJ Wolff, MD Smith, A Kleinböhl, BA Cantor… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectral Mapper (CRISM) onboard the
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) obtains pole-to-pole observations (ie, full MRO orbits) …

Martian water ice clouds during the 2018 global dust storm as observed by the ACS‐MIR channel onboard the trace gas orbiter

A Stcherbinine, M Vincendon… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) instrument onboard the ExoMars Trace
Gas Orbiter (TGO) European Space Agency‐Roscosmos mission began science operations …

First Detection and Thermal Characterization of Terminator CO2 Ice Clouds With ExoMars/NOMAD

G Liuzzi, GL Villanueva, L Trompet… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present observations of terminator CO2 ice clouds events in three groups: Equatorial
dawn, Equatorial dusk (both between 20° S and 20° N) and Southern midlatitudes at dawn …

Troposphere-to-mesosphere microphysics of carbon dioxide ice clouds in a Mars Global Climate Model

A Määttänen, C Mathé, J Audouard, C Listowski… - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
We have implemented full CO 2 ice cloud microphysics into the LMD Mars Global Climate
Model (MGCM) and we have conducted the first global simulations. The microphysical …

Mars' plasma system. Scientific potential of coordinated multipoint missions:“The next generation”

B Sánchez-Cano, M Lester, DJ Andrews… - Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
The objective of this White Paper, submitted to ESA's Voyage 2050 call, is to get a more
holistic knowledge of the dynamics of the Martian plasma system, from its surface up to the …

Rate coefficients for the reactions of CO2+ with O: Lessons from MAVEN at Mars

JL Fox, M Benna, JP McFadden, BM Jakosky - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
In the lower ionosphere of Mars, the relative density distributions of the major ions CO 2+, O
2+, and O+ are largely determined by three reactions, including the two channels of the …

Origin of the extended Mars radar blackout of September 2017

B Sánchez–Cano, PL Blelly, M Lester… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS)
onboard Mars Express, which operates between 0.1 and 5.5 MHz, suffered from a complete …