Deep Convective Activity in the Mars Planet-Encircling Dust Event 2018a: Observations by the Mars Climate Sounder


Nicholas G Heavens1,2, Armin Kleinboehl3, David M Kass4, John T. Schofield5, Sylvain Piqueux3, Paul Ottinger Hayne6, James H Shirley7 and Daniel McCleese8, (1)Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)Space Science Institute, Earth Science, Boulder, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science Division, Pasadena, United States, (6)University of Colorado, Boulder, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department, Boulder, United States, (7)TORQUEFX, Simi Valley, United States, (8)Synoptic Science, Altadena, CA, United States