Observations of a Bimodal Size Distribution for the Aerosol Particles on Mars by SPICAM/MEX

A. Fedorova (1, 2) , A. Rodin (2) , O. Korablev (1, 2) , Franck Montmessin (3) , Anni Määttänen (3) , Jean-Loup Bertaux (3) , L. Maltagliati (4)

1 IKI - Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2 MIPT - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology [Moscow]
3 PLANETO - LATMOS
4 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique

For the first time, a combined analysis of the UV and IR channels in the spectral range from 200 to 1550 nm has allowed to derive unambiguously a bimodal size distribution for Martian aerosols in an altitude range of 10-70 km and to track its vertical and temporal evolution

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]

A. Fedorova, A. Rodin, O. Korablev, Franck Montmessin, Anni Määttänen, et al.. Observations of a Bimodal Size Distribution for the Aerosol Particles on Mars by SPICAM/MEX. The Fifth International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, Jan 2014, Oxford, United Kingdom. pp.id. 2103. ⟨hal-01064894⟩