Pressure observations by the Curiosity rover: Initial results
Ari-Matti Harri,Maria Genzer,O. Kemppinen,Henrik Kahanpää,Javier Gómez-Elvira,J. A. Rodríguez-Manfredi,Robert M. Haberle,Jouni Polkko,Walter Schmidt,Hannu Savijärvi,Janne Kauhanen,Evgeny Atlaskin,Mark I. Richardson,T. Siili,Mark Paton,M. de la Torre Juarez,Claire E. Newman,Scot Rafkin,Mark T. Lemmon,Michael Mischna,S. Merikallio,Harri Haukka,Javier Martin-Torres,María Paz Zorzano,V. Peinado,R. Urqui,A. Lapinette,A. Scodary,T. Mäkinen,Luis Vázquez,Nilton O. Renno +30 more
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In this paper, the pressure measurement subsystem of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover Environmental Measurement Station (REMS-P) performed accurate observations of the Martian atmospheric surface pressure.Abstract:
[1] REMS-P, the pressure measurement subsystem of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover Environmental Measurement Station (REMS), is performing accurate observations of the Martian atmospheric surface pressure. It has demonstrated high data quality and good temporal coverage, carrying out the first in situ pressure observations in the Martian equatorial regions. We describe the REMS-P initial results by MSL mission sol 100 including the instrument performance and data quality and illustrate some initial interpretations of the observed features. The observations show both expected and new phenomena at various spatial and temporal scales, e.g., the gradually increasing pressure due to the advancing Martian season signals from the diurnal tides as well as various local atmospheric phenomena and thermal vortices. Among the unexpected new phenomena discovered in the pressure data are a small regular pressure drop at every sol and pressure oscillations occurring in the early evening. We look forward to continued high-quality observations by REMS-P, extending the data set to reveal characteristics of seasonal variations and improved insights into regional and local phenomena.read more
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The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight
Don Banfield,Aymeric Spiga,Claire E. Newman,François Forget,Mark T. Lemmon,Ralph D. Lorenz,Naomi Murdoch,Daniel Viúdez-Moreiras,Jorge Pla-Garcia,Jorge Pla-Garcia,Raphaël F. Garcia,Philippe Lognonné,Philippe Lognonné,Özgür Karatekin,Clément Perrin,L. Martire,Nicholas A Teanby,Bart Van Hove,Justin N. Maki,Balthasar Kenda,Nils Mueller,Sebastien Rodriguez,Sebastien Rodriguez,Taichi Kawamura,J. B. McClean,Alexander E. Stott,Constantinos Charalambous,Ehouarn Millour,Catherine L. Johnson,Anna Mittelholz,Anni Määttänen,Stephen R. Lewis,John Clinton,Simon Stähler,Savas Ceylan,Domenico Giardini,Tristram Warren,William T. Pike,Ingrid Daubar,Matthew P. Golombek,Lucie Rolland,Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig,David Mimoun,Eric Beucler,A. Jacob,Antoine Lucas,M. M. Baker,Veronique Ansan,K. Hurst,Luis Mora-Sotomayor,Sara Navarro,J. Torres,A. Lepinette,Antonio Molina,Mercedes Marin-Jimenez,Javier Gómez-Elvira,V. Peinado,J. A. Rodríguez-Manfredi,Brian Carcich,Stephen Sackett,Christopher T. Russell,Tilman Spohn,Suzanne E. Smrekar,W. Bruce Banerdt +63 more
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