P32B:
Processes in the Present-Day Atmosphere of Mars II
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Session ID#: 60215
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: Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Armin Kleinboehl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Nicholas G Heavens, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
OSPA Liaison: Nicholas G Heavens, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Robert Todd Clancy1, Michael J Wolff2, Michael D Smith3, Armin Kleinboehl4, Bruce A Cantor5, Kimberly D Seelos6, Anthony D Toigo6, Scott L Murchie6, Frank Daerden7, Franck Montmessin8 and Franck Lefèvre9, (1)Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)Malin Space Sci System, San Diego, CA, United States, (6)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium, (8)Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales, IPSL, CNRS, UVSQ, Sorbonne Université, Guyancourt, France, (9)LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales, Sorbonne université, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Paris, France
Marek Slipski, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Bruce Martin Jakosky, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 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, Paul R Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, David M Kass, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Shane Wesley Stone, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States and Roger V Yelle, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States
Mehdi Benna, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, Stephen W Bougher, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Kali Roeten, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Yuni Lee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Paul R Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Jane Lee Fox, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States, Austin Johnson, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, United States, Mehdi Benna, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and The MAVEN/NGIMS team
Michael Chaffin1, Jean-Yves Chaufray2, Justin Deighan3, Nicholas McCord Schneider4, Sonal K Jain5, Edward Thiemann1, Dr. Francis Gerard Eparvier, Ph.D.6, Majd Mayyasi7 and John T Clarke8, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (2)LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, Guyancourt, France, (3)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Univ Colorado, Boulder, United States, (5)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (6)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States, (8)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Shane Wesley Stone, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States, Roger V Yelle, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States, Mehdi Benna, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States and Dr. Meredith K Elrod, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Majd Mayyasi, Boston University, Center for Space Physics, Boston, MA, United States, Mehdi Benna, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Paul R Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States
Xiaohua Fang1, Yingjuan Ma2, Stephen W Bougher3, David J Pawlowski4, Yuni Lee5, Guiping Liu6, Jasper S Halekas7, John E P Connerney8, Jared R Espley9, Dr. Francis Gerard Eparvier, Ph.D.10, Mehdi Benna5, Paul R Mahaffy11, Yaxue Dong12, Chuanfei Dong13, Dave A Brain14 and Bruce Martin Jakosky15, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (3)Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)Eastern Michigan University, Physics and Astronomy Department, Ypsilanti, MI, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ITM Physics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (7)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States, (8)Space Research Corporation, Annapolis, United States, (9)Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (10)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (12)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (13)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (14)University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (15)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES
