P43J:
Mars Planet-Encircling Dust Event of 2018 I Posters
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Session ID#: 56660
Session Description:
On June 1, a local dust storm moved out of the north circumpolar jet stream in the martian atmosphere, expanding and triggering new dust-raising centers. By late June, the growing ensemble of storms had become a planet-encircling dust event (PEDE), the first since 2007. This PEDE was the second earliest such event, just a few days later than the 2001 PEDE. These events are the major component of interannual-to-decadal variability on Mars and they pose a challenge to solar powered, surface-based flight systems, namely the Opportunity rover and possibly the upcoming InSight lander. This session solicits observational and modeling presentations related to this year’s PEDE, its onset and decay phase, and its context within the history of such events. This includes data acquired by observers from the various Mars flight missions and from Earth-based observers, both in orbit and on the ground.
Primary Convener: Richard W Zurek, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Convener: Leslie Tamppari, Jet Propulsion Lab/CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison: Richard W Zurek, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs: Richard W Zurek, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Leslie Tamppari, Jet Propulsion Lab/CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison: Richard W Zurek, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Shohei Aoki1, Hideo Sagawa2, Kazi Rygl3, Geronimo Villanueva4, Bill Dent5, Hiroyuki Maezawa6, Séverine Robert1, Hiromu Nakagawa7, Frank Daerden8, Takeshi Kuroda9, Marco Giuranna10, Kazuya Saigo11, Michael J Mumma12, Yasumasa Kasaba7 and Ann Carine Vandaele8, (1)Royal Belgian Insitute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium, (2)Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan, (3)Italian ALMA Regional Centre, INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)Joint ALMA Observatory, Santiago, Chile, (6)Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan, (7)Tohoku University, Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan, (8)Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium, (9)National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (10)IAPS-INAF, Rome, Italy, (11)National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, (12)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
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
Wendy M Calvin, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States, Victoria Auerbach, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Philip B James, Space Science Institute, Prescott, AZ, United States and Bruce A Cantor, Malin Space Sci System, San Diego, CA, United States
Matthew Chojnacki, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States
Richard W Zurek1, Stephen W Bougher2, Robert Tolson3, Darren Baird4, Stuart Demcak1, David M Kass5, Rafael Lugo6 and Bruce Martin Jakosky7, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, United States, (4)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (6)Analytical Mechanics Associates, Hampton, United States, (7)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES
Surya Karthik Mukkavilli1,2, David Meger1, Gregory Dudek1 and EnviRoNet, (1)McGill University, School of Computer Science, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Groundobs Limited, London, United Kingdom
