P43L:
Unanswered Questions in Mars Atmospheric Science: What Future Observations Are Best Suited to Addressing Them? I Posters
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Session ID#: 52581
Session Description:
Our understanding of the Martian atmosphere and processes affecting it has advanced significantly in the last two decades, thanks in large part to the suite of Mars-orbiting sensors that have provided unique insights into atmospheric structure and variability. However, significant uncertainties remain, particularly related to the role of the atmosphere in the Martian dust and water cycles. New observations are needed to make progress on many of these issue. For example, multiple studies have identified vertical profiles of wind and water vapor as two such outstanding measurement needs. This session welcomes papers that elucidate the remaining questions and link them to observational needs. Studies that quantify performance requirements on such observations (resolution, uncertainty, coverage etc.), including through reference to model atmospheres and study and/or assimilation of simulated measurements, are particularly encouraged. Papers that identify specific future measurement approaches and instruments, and quantify their capabilities are also solicited.
Primary Convener: Leslie Tamppari, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners: Donald J Banfield, Cornell University, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Ithaca, NY, United States, Scot CR Rafkin, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Nathaniel J Livesey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (retired), Pasadena, United States
Primary Liaison: Leslie Tamppari, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs: Leslie Tamppari, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States and Nathaniel J Livesey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (retired), Pasadena, United States
OSPA Liaison: Leslie Tamppari, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Yanan Yu1, Christopher T Russell1, Kathryn Rowe1, David Leneman1, Hairong Lai2, Patrick R Cruce1, Joe D Means1, Steven P Joy1, Peter J Chi3, Catherine Johnson4,5, Anna Mittelholz6, Dr. Suzanne E Smrekar, PhD7 and William Bruce Banerdt7, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, California, United States, (4)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (5)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (7)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
Leslie Tamppari1, Nathaniel J Livesey2, James B. Abshire3, Anthony Colaprete4, David J Diner5, Sabrina M Feldman1, Michael Mischna6, Michael D Smith7 and Gary D Spiers8, (1)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (retired), Pasadena, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (8)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
Sarah Amiri1, Robert J Lillis2, Hessa Rashid Almatroushi3, Mariam Rashid Alshamsi1, Dave A Brain4, Christopher S Edwards5, Michael J Wolff6, Michael D Smith7, Justin Deigan8, Matthew O. Fillingim2, Francois Forget9, Fatma Hussain Lootah3, Michael Chaffin10, Scott England11, Mikki M Osterloo12, Andrew R Jones13, Greg Holsclaw14, Philip R Christensen15, Eman Saeed Altunaiji1, Khalid Mohammad Badri16, Bruce Martin Jakosky17 and Janet G Luhmann18, (1)Mohamed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (2)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (5)Northern Arizona University, Astronomy and Planetary Science, Flagstaff, United States, (6)Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (8)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France, (10)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (11)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, (12)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (13)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (14)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, (15)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, (16)Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (17)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (18)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
B Marshall1, Larry L Gordley1 and JOHN Fisher2, (1)GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA, United States, (2)Brandywine Photonics LLC, Exton, PA, United States
Nathaniel J Livesey1, Leslie Tamppari2, David M Garza3, Goutam Chattopadhyay3 and William George Read4, (1)University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, (2)Jet Propulsion Lab/CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Walid Majid, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
