MAVEN IUVS in Stellar Occultation Mode: A First Look at Martian Atmospheric Density and Temperature Profiles

Franck Montmessin (1) , N. M. Schneider (2) , A. I. Stewart (2) , Justin Deighan (2) , Roger Yelle (3) , Franck Lefèvre (1) , William E. Mcclintock (2) , J. Clarke (4) , Gregory M. Holsclaw (2) , Bruce M. Jakosky (2)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 LASP - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder]
3 LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson]
4 Department of Astronomy [Boston]

We will present a first series of results obtained by IUVS using stellar occultation, which allows one to retrieve CO2 density and temperature from 30 to 150 km.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Franck Montmessin, N. M. Schneider, A. I. Stewart, Justin Deighan, Roger Yelle, et al.. MAVEN IUVS in Stellar Occultation Mode: A First Look at Martian Atmospheric Density and Temperature Profiles. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2015, The Woodlands, United States. 46, LPI Contribution No. 1832, p.2026, 2015. ⟨hal-01130627⟩