P43K:
Processes in the Present-Day Atmosphere of Mars III Posters


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Session ID#: 44135

Session Description:
Recent observations from Mars orbiters, landers, and rovers provide a wealth of information on the Martian atmosphere. Surface weather is monitored by the Curiosity rover, while a fleet of orbiters performs atmospheric observations, soon to be expanded by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter currently entering its science orbit. The measurements cover atmospheric regions from the near-surface to the upper atmosphere. While observations have led to considerable progress in understanding the structure of the Martian atmosphere, the challenges of today are the identification and quantification of underlying dynamical, chemical, and radiative processes that govern the Martian atmosphere.

This session solicits observational and theoretical contributions that provide deeper insight into these processes in the present-day atmosphere of Mars. This includes studies on the connections between the upper and the lower atmosphere and on processes leading to upper atmospheric particle energization and escape to deep space.

Primary Convener:  Armin Kleinboehl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Conveners:  Nicholas G Heavens, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, Paul Ottinger Hayne, University of Colorado, Boulder, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department, Boulder, United States and Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Armin Kleinboehl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Chairs:  Nicholas G Heavens, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States and Armin Kleinboehl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Nicholas G Heavens, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
Index Terms:

3346 Planetary meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
5405 Atmospheres [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5445 Meteorology [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6225 Mars [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Warm trapped fossils? Electron structure and dynamics on the nightside of Mars (423129)
Robert J Lillis, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Jean-Yves Chaufray, LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, Guyancourt, France, David J Pawlowski, Eastern Michigan University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Ypsilanti, MI, United States, David L Mitchell, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Mehdi Benna, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Dr. Meredith K Elrod, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Christopher M Fowler, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Laila Andersson, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, Shaosui Xu, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States and Shotaro Sakai, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
A new approach of monitoring Martian trace gasses in future missions (400056)
Sona Hosseini1, Vlada Stamenkovic2, Christopher R Webster3, Yen-Hung Wu4, Nathan Barba5, Ryan Woolley5 and Tomas Komarek5, (1)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)JPL, Pasadena, United States
Pockets of methane in the shallow Martian subsurface. Implications for rapid and seasonal changes of the atmospheric methane on Mars. (454519)
Alexander Pavlov, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Jeffrey Davis, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Physics, College Park, MD, United States, James Johnson, Howard University, Washigton, DC, United States, Chris Johnson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Melissa G Trainer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States
Seasonal variations of the Mars Hadley cell and methane release may drive the seasonal methane cycle at Gale Crater (429176)
Jorge Pla-García1,2, Scot CR Rafkin3, Christopher R Webster4, Paul R Mahaffy5, Ozgur Karatekin6, Elodie Gloesener6 and John E Moores7, (1)Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain, (2)Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (6)Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, (7)York University, Earth & Space Science & Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada
Localizing putative methane sources on Mars from spacecraft observations and back-trajectory modeling techniques (370437)
Michael Mischna1, Siteng Fan2, Yangcheng Luo3, Yuk L Yung4, Armin Kleinboehl5, Pin Chen1 and Bethany L Ehlmann6, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Shenzhen, China, (3)California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, United States, (4)California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (6)California Institute of Technology, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States
Scaling of conventional breakdown threshold: Impact for predictions of lightning and TLEs on Earth, Venus, and Mars (375051)
Jeremy Andre Riousset, Florida Institute of Technology, APSS, Melbourne, FL, United States, Amitabh Nag, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Melbourne, FL, United States and Csaba J Palotai, Florida Institute of Technology, APSS, Melbourne, United States
Asymmetry in the Polar Radiation Budget of Mars driven by Seasonal Snowfall (394783)
Paul Ottinger Hayne1, Carlos Eytan Gary Bicas2, David M Kass3, Sylvain Piqueux4, Armin Kleinboehl4, Nicholas G Heavens5, John T. Schofield6, James H Shirley7 and Daniel J McCleese8, (1)University of Colorado, Boulder, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department, Boulder, United States, (2)University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science Division, Pasadena, United States, (7)TORQUEFX, Simi Valley, United States, (8)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Interannual, seasonal and diurnal variability of water vapor at Gale Crater, Mars as observed from contemporaneous MSL and MEx measurements (411798)
German Martinez, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Marco Giuranna, IAPS-INAF, Rome, Italy, Timothy H McConnochie, University of Maryland Department of Astronomy, Greenbelt, United States, Nilton O. Renno, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Maria Genzer, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, Ari-Matti Harri, Finnish Meteorological Inst, Helsinki, Finland, Raina V Gough, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Javier Gomez-Elvira, Payload & Space Science Department. Insituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain and Roger C Wiens, Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos, United States
Characterizing Martian Crater Circulations with the NASA Ames Mars GCM (442261)
Ms. Courtney MaryLou Batterson, MS, Melinda A Kahre and Robert John Wilson, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
The 2018 Martian Global Dust Storm Over the South Pole Studied with VMC Onboard Mars Express (392030)
Agustin Sanchez-Lavega1, Jorge Hernandez-Bernal1, Teresa del Rio - Gaztelurrutia1, Ricardo Hueso1, Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo2, Dmitri V. Titov3, Simon Wood4, Miguel Dia-Almeida5 and Abel de Burgos-Sierra2, (1)University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain, (2)European Space Agency, ESAC, Madrid, Spain, (3)ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, (4)European Space Agengy, ESA-ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany, (5)Dias Almeida Data Processing and Systems, Ittigen, Switzerland
MRO Radio Science Occultations of Mars Lower Atmosphere (392960)
Antonio Genova, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Erwan Mazarico, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Sander J Goossens, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Frank G Lemoine, NASA Goddard GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, David E. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States and Maria T Zuber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Mapping Dust Storms and Water Ice Clouds on Mars (395921)
Meaghan McDonald, Towson University, Towson, MD, United States and Scott Guzewich, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Age of Martian Air: Time scales for Martian atmospheric transport (399873)
Darryn Waugh, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States, Anthony D Toigo, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Scott Guzewich, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Large-Scale Traveling Weather Systems in Mars' Southern Extratropics (402931)
Jeffery L Hollingsworth1, Melinda A Kahre2, R John Wilson1, Amanda S Brecht1 and Richard A Urata1,3, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (3)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Martian Atmospheric Dust Column Opacities Retrieved from MRO-MCS Observations During the 2018 Global-Scale Dust Storm (441603)
James H Shirley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Armin Kleinboehl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, David M Kass, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, John T Schofield, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States and Daniel J McCleese, Synoptic Sciences, Altadena, United States
Martian Polar Warming Seasonal Forcing Mechanisms (436046)
Amanda S Brecht1, Melinda A Kahre2, Robert John Wilson2, Jeffery L Hollingsworth1 and Alexandre Kling3, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (3)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, United States
Measuring Early-Morning Cloud and Haze Opacity on Mars with THEMIS-VIS on Mars Odyssey, Identifying Diurnal Changes by Reference to MRO’s MARCI (436841)
Timothy H McConnochie1, Michael J Wolff2, Michael D Smith3, Steven W Lee4, Kelly C. Bender5, Jonathon Ryan Hill6 and Kim Murray5, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Astronomy, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Denver Museum Nature & Science, Denver, CO, United States, (5)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (6)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Analysis and Predictability of Transient Eddies in the Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS) (451327)
Steven J Greybush, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States, Hartzel Edmond Gillespie, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, United States and R John Wilson, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Exploration of the Martian polar atmosphere using the Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) and the Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS) (450057)
Hartzel Edmond Gillespie, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, United States, Steven J Greybush, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States, Daniel J McCleese, Synoptic Sciences, Altadena, United States, Armin Kleinboehl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, David M Kass, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, R John Wilson, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States and John T Schofield, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
The MEX/OMEGA Limb Dataset: Description, Analysis Tools, and Initial Results (454425)
Michael J Wolff, Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States, Mathieu Vincendon, IAS, Istitut d'atrophysque spaciale Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France and J.-P. Bibring, Univ. de Paris Sud-Orsay, IAS, Orsay, France
Investigating the Interaction Between the Upper and Lower Atmosphere on Mars During Times of Increased Dust Activity (400418)
Dylan Dempster, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Yingjuan Ma, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Christopher T Russell, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, Jonathan Mitchell, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences; Department of Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Janet G Luhmann, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Stephen W Bougher, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States and David M Kass, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Deriving Neutral Density Profiles of the Mars Atmosphere from MAVEN/SEP Measurements of Scorpuis-X1 X-ray Occultations (365259)
Ali Rahmati, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Davin E Larson, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Robert J Lillis, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Thomas Cravens, University of Kansas, Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, KS, United States, Christina O Lee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States and Patrick Dunn, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Carbon Photochemistry and Densities in the Martian Atmosphere under MAVEN Deep Dip 2 Conditions (344484)
Daniel Lo, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States and Roger V Yelle, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States
Atmospheric tides at high-latitudes in the Martian upper atmosphere observed by MAVEN-NGIMS and -IUVS (354206)
Scott England, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, Guiping Liu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ITM Physics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States and The MAVEN NGIMS Team, The MAVEN IUVS Team
Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer’s (EMUS) Predictions of Martian Airglow through Forward Modeling. (430571)
Fatma Hussain Lootah, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Justin Deighan, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Matthew O. Fillingim, University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Stephen W Bougher, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Sonal K Jain, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and Robert J Lillis, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Analysis of Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph (IUVS) Observations of the Martian Disk at O135.6 nm with Implications for Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS) Data Analysis (371899)
Hessa Rashid Almatroushi, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Justin Deighan, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Matthew O. Fillingim, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Sonal Jain, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, Nicholas McCord Schneider, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and Majd Mayyasi, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States
Photochemistry of Water in the Martian Thermosphere and Its Effect on Hydrogen Escape (374149)
Vladimir A Krasnopolsky, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States
Exospheric Density Waves Observed in MAVEN NGIMS Data (384529)
Hayley Nicole Williamson1, Ludivine Leclercq1, Robert E Johnson2 and Dr. Meredith K Elrod3, (1)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (2)University of Virginia, Materials Science and Engineering, Charlottesville, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Preparing for EMIRS: Using TES aerobraking observations to assess the diurnal variation of surface and atmospheric temperature. (389205)
Khalid Mohammad Badri1, Eman Saeed Altunaiji1, Christopher S Edwards2, Michael D Smith3, Suhail AlMheiri1 and Heather Reed4, (1)Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (2)Northern Arizona University, Astronomy and Planetary Science, Flagstaff, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)University of Colorado, Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
Comparing MAVEN/NGIMS Thermospheric Wind Observations with M-GITM Simulations (400950)
Kali Roeten1, Stephen W Bougher2, Mehdi Benna3, Paul R Mahaffy4, Yuni Lee5, David J Pawlowski6, Francisco Gonzalez-Galindo7, Miguel A Lopez-Valverde7 and Prof. Erdal Yiğit, PhD.8, (1)University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Eastern Michigan University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Ypsilanti, MI, United States, (7)IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Greenbelt, United States
Using Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer Data to Characterize the Night Side of the Martian Atmosphere (407504)
Jenna Robinson, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Stephen W Bougher, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Paul R Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Dr. Meredith K Elrod, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Mehdi Benna, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Shane Wesley Stone, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
The Forming Mechanism of the Induced Global Looping Magnetic Fields on Mars and Venus (425105)
Lihui Chai1, Weixing Wan1, Yong Wei1, Tielong Zhang2, Willi Exner3, Markus Fraenz4, Edward Dubinin5, Moritz Feyerabend6, Uwe M Motschmann7, Jasper S Halekas8 and Zhaojin Rong1, (1)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, (3)Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute for Geophysics and extraterrestrial Physics, Braunschweig, Germany, (4)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany, (5)Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany, (6)Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, (7)Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Braunschweig, Germany, (8)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States
Propagation of Transient Perturbations into a Planet's Exosphere: Molecular Kinetic Simulations (464287)
Ludivine Leclercq, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Robert E Johnson, University of Virginia, Materials Science and Engineering, Charlottesville, United States, Hayley E Williamson, University of Virginia, Engineering Physics, Charlottesville, VA, United States and Orenthal J Tucker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
New O+CO2 scattering cross sections and their impact on photochemical atmospheric escape of oxygen from Mars (458865)
Marko Gacesa, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Ionospheric Currents at Mars Over the Region of Crustal Magnetic Anomaly (409272)
Tariq Majeed1, Shahd Al Mutawa2, Omar Al Aryani2, Stephen W Bougher3 and Syed Aftab Haider4, (1)American University of Sharjah, Physics, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, (2)American University of Sharjah, Electrical Engineering, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, (3)Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
Variability of the Martian Ionospheric Peak and Hot O Corona – Observations and Simulation (463425)
Yuni Lee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Paul R Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Mehdi Benna, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Stephen W Bougher, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Yingjuan Ma, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Xiaohua Fang, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, Chuanfei Dong, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Valeriy Tenishev, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, David J Pawlowski, Eastern Michigan University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Ypsilanti, MI, United States and Michael R Combi, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

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