Meteoric Metal Chemistry in the Martian Atmosphere. [PDF]
AbstractRecent measurements by the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument on NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission show that a persistent layer of Mg+ ions occurs around 90 km in the Martian atmosphere but that neutral Mg atoms are not detectable.
Plane JMC +5 more
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Strong Depletion of 13C in CO Induced by Photolysis of CO2 in the Martian Atmosphere, Calculated by a Photochemical Model [PDF]
The isotopic signature of atmospheric carbon offers a unique tracer for the history of the Martian atmosphere and the origin of organic matter on Mars. The photolysis of CO _2 is known to induce strong isotopic fractionation of the carbon between CO _2 ...
Tatsuya Yoshida +9 more
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Dust tides and rapid meridional motions in the Martian atmosphere during major dust storms. [PDF]
The atmosphere of Mars is strongly affected by the spatial and temporal variability of airborne dust. However, global dust variability within a sol (Martian day) is still poorly understood.
Wu Z, Li T, Zhang X, Li J, Cui J.
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Clouds in the Martian Atmosphere [PDF]
Although resembling an extremely dry desert, planet Mars hosts clouds in its atmosphere. Every day somewhere on the planet a part of the tiny amount of water vapor held by the atmosphere can condense as ice crystals to form mainly cirrus-type clouds. The existence of water ice clouds has been known for a long time and they have been studied for decades,
Määttänen, Anni, Montmessin, Franck
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Bow shock oscillations of Mars under weakly disturbed solar wind conditions [PDF]
Bow shock, where the solar wind first encounters the Martian environment, reflects the complex interplay between the solar wind and Martian upper atmosphere and crustal fields.
Long Cheng +15 more
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Impact sculpting of the early martian atmosphere. [PDF]
Intense bombardment of solar system planets in the immediate aftermath of protoplanetary disk dissipation has played a key role in their atmospheric evolution. During this epoch, energetic collisions will have removed substantial masses of gas from rocky planet atmospheres.
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Effects of Charged Martian Dust on Martian Atmosphere Remote Sensing
In this paper, the extinction property and optical depth of charged Martian dust at infrared band 3 THz–300 THz are studied using the Mie scattering theory.
Xuebang Gao +3 more
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Discovery of a wind-driven diamagnetic current system in the Martian magnetosphere [PDF]
Magnetic fields around Mars shape the pathways of energy input into, and ion escape from, the Martian atmosphere, thereby potentially affecting the atmospheric evolution of Mars.
Yuki Harada +8 more
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Carbonate formation events in ALH 84001 trace the evolution of the Martian atmosphere. [PDF]
Shaheen R +4 more
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Producing oxygen and fertilizer with the Martian atmosphere by using microwave plasma
Kelly et al. explore the potential of microwave-plasma-based in situ resource utilization (ISRU) of the Martian atmosphere with a focus on the novel possibility of fixing nitrogen ...
S. Kelly +3 more
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