Pub Date : 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116368
Alison H. Graettinger, Julia Boyd, Joseph A. Nolan
Maar craters represent the top of a volcanic construct produced by subsurface explosive interactions between ground water/ice and rising magma. Recent comprehensive studies of terrestrial maars have established the commonality of complex maar crater geometries composed of overlapping circular components with a single near continuous outer rim. These distinctive geometries, and the availability of high spatial resolution visible imagery on Mars, provide an opportunity to identify and evaluate candidate maars on Mars. This study evaluated 49 closed depressions in Arena Colles and Nephentes/Amenthes based on their proximity to pitted cones of proposed volcanic origin. Across the two regions, 13 candidate maars were recognized for their similarity to terrestrial maars in absence of any exclusionary characteristics related to other formation processes such as butterfly ejecta around binary craters. The recognition of maars on Mars would provide additional proxies for the presence and range of depths for ground water and ice at the time of eruption. The diameter of the multiple overlapping circular components in maar craters can be used to provide first order estimates of the depths of the underlying diatreme as a proxy for depth of explosions and thus presence of water in the subsurface. Estimates based on the circular components of the 13 candidate maars recognized here indicate that water/ice depths at the time of formation would be between 0.6 and 4 km.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116358
Peiqi Ye , Rong Huang , Yusheng Xu , Wendi Li , Zhen Ye , Xiaohua Tong
The morphology of impact craters reveals the structure and composition of the Martian surface, especially the subsurface conditions and Martian geological history, which have increasing importance in Mars exploration missions. This work presents a 3D morphometric method for detecting and delineating Martian craters, and a 3D morphological analysis was conducted. Specifically, this work first focused on the segmentation of Martian craters. Based on the segmentation results, clustering of crater instances was then carried out. Finally, with the individual craters that were extracted, a morphological analysis involving the measurements of their diameter, depth, area, RMS height, rim height, circularity, and the statistics thereof was performed. Unlike previous studies, which have mainly used optical images and object detection approaches, this work regards crater extraction as a semantic segmentation task instead of an object detection task to better delineate the precise shape and boundary information. Digital elevation model (DEM) was utilized as primary data to directly obtain 3D information, which was converted into 3D point cloud format and fed to a multi-scale semantic segmentation network. The semantic segmentation results achieved an overall accuracy of 0.932 and mIOU of 0.871 on the test data. We automatically counted 63 craters in Noachis Terra and 40 craters in Terra Cimmeria. The 3D morphological measurements showed that 66% of the impact craters in the first region were larger than 10 km in diameter, while 50% of the impact craters in the second region were larger than 10 km. In both areas, craters could reach a maximum depth of 2000 m. With the proposed method, we can automatically conduct 3D morphological measurements of Martian craters with high efficiency that is improved by 15 times compared with that of manual crater analysis tools. The achieved 3D morphometric results can provide a reference and support for future research on Martian landforms.
{"title":"3D morphometry of Martian craters from HRSC DEMs using a multi-scale semantic segmentation network and morphological analysis","authors":"Peiqi Ye , Rong Huang , Yusheng Xu , Wendi Li , Zhen Ye , Xiaohua Tong","doi":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116358","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116358","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The morphology of impact craters reveals the structure and composition of the Martian surface, especially the subsurface conditions and Martian geological history, which have increasing importance in Mars exploration missions. This work presents a 3D morphometric method for detecting and delineating Martian craters, and a 3D morphological analysis was conducted. Specifically, this work first focused on the segmentation of Martian craters. Based on the segmentation results, clustering of crater instances was then carried out. Finally, with the individual craters that were extracted, a morphological analysis involving the measurements of their diameter, depth, area, RMS height, rim height, circularity, and the statistics thereof was performed. Unlike previous studies, which have mainly used optical images and object detection approaches, this work regards crater extraction as a semantic segmentation task instead of an object detection task to better delineate the precise shape and boundary information. Digital elevation model (DEM) was utilized as primary data to directly obtain 3D information, which was converted into 3D point cloud format and fed to a multi-scale semantic segmentation network. The semantic segmentation results achieved an overall accuracy of 0.932 and mIOU of 0.871 on the test data. We automatically counted 63 craters in Noachis Terra and 40 craters in Terra Cimmeria. The 3D morphological measurements showed that 66% of the impact craters in the first region were larger than 10 km in diameter, while 50% of the impact craters in the second region were larger than 10 km. In both areas, craters could reach a maximum depth of 2000 m. With the proposed method, we can automatically conduct 3D morphological measurements of Martian craters with high efficiency that is improved by 15 times compared with that of manual crater analysis tools. The achieved 3D morphometric results can provide a reference and support for future research on Martian landforms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13199,"journal":{"name":"Icarus","volume":"426 ","pages":"Article 116358"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-03DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116363
V.V. Zakharov , N.Y. Bykov , A. Rotundi , A.V. Rodionov , V. Della Corte , S.L. Ivanovski
In this paper, we consider the motion of a solid spherical particle in a spherically expanding gas flow as an elementary model of the gas-dust atmosphere of a comet. Based on the results of numerical simulations we propose an approximation for the terminal dust velocity and an estimate of the maximum dust-to-gas mass flux ratio (in a dusty-gas flow with the dust size distribution given by a power law) which is consistent with assumption of negligible impact of dust on the gas flow (frequently used in simulations of dusty gas flows).
{"title":"Maximum dust-to-gas mass flux ratio in spherically expanding dusty-gas flow","authors":"V.V. Zakharov , N.Y. Bykov , A. Rotundi , A.V. Rodionov , V. Della Corte , S.L. Ivanovski","doi":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116363","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116363","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we consider the motion of a solid spherical particle in a spherically expanding gas flow as an elementary model of the gas-dust atmosphere of a comet. Based on the results of numerical simulations we propose an approximation for the terminal dust velocity and an estimate of the maximum dust-to-gas mass flux ratio (in a dusty-gas flow with the dust size distribution given by a power law) which is consistent with assumption of negligible impact of dust on the gas flow (frequently used in simulations of dusty gas flows).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13199,"journal":{"name":"Icarus","volume":"426 ","pages":"Article 116363"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-02DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116359
Tao Yang , Xianmei Qian , Qiang Liu , Wenyue Zhu , Hongliang Ma , Jianjie Zheng , Chaolong Cui , Xiaomei Jin , Jun Huang
The absorption spectra of 12C16O2 within the wavenumber range of 9358–9648 cm−1 have been precisely measured using a continuous-wave cavity ring-down spectrometer at room temperature. Employing synthetic gas mixtures comprising carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon, the line parameters, including line intensities and self-, N2- and Ar- broadening coefficients have been retrieved in the 2003r-00001 (r = 1,2,3) bands. This retrieval process was facilitated by a multi-spectral fitting program that utilizes Voigt line profiles. A comparative analysis of our measured line intensities and self-broadening coefficients with those present in established databases, such as HITRAN2020, CDSD296, AMES-2021, and HITEMP2010, has been conducted. The line intensities and self-broadening coefficients for 12C16O2 deviate by an average of less than 1 % from the values reported in the HITRAN2020 database. The J-dependence of N2- and Ar- broadening coefficients has been investigated by comparing this work with experimental results and theoretical predictions from other vibrational bands. This research offers important experimental references for the improvement of computational models and the exploration of Venus and Mars.
{"title":"Measurements of line parameters for 12C16O2 near λ = 1.05 μm by cavity ring-down spectrometer","authors":"Tao Yang , Xianmei Qian , Qiang Liu , Wenyue Zhu , Hongliang Ma , Jianjie Zheng , Chaolong Cui , Xiaomei Jin , Jun Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116359","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116359","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The absorption spectra of <sup>12</sup>C<sup>16</sup>O<sub>2</sub> within the wavenumber range of 9358–9648 cm<sup>−1</sup> have been precisely measured using a continuous-wave cavity ring-down spectrometer at room temperature. Employing synthetic gas mixtures comprising carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon, the line parameters, including line intensities and self-, N<sub>2</sub>- and Ar- broadening coefficients have been retrieved in the 2003r-00001 (<em>r</em> = 1,2,3) bands. This retrieval process was facilitated by a multi-spectral fitting program that utilizes Voigt line profiles. A comparative analysis of our measured line intensities and self-broadening coefficients with those present in established databases, such as HITRAN2020, CDSD296, AMES-2021, and HITEMP2010, has been conducted. The line intensities and self-broadening coefficients for <sup>12</sup>C<sup>16</sup>O<sub>2</sub> deviate by an average of less than 1 % from the values reported in the HITRAN2020 database. The J-dependence of N<sub>2</sub>- and Ar- broadening coefficients has been investigated by comparing this work with experimental results and theoretical predictions from other vibrational bands. This research offers important experimental references for the improvement of computational models and the exploration of Venus and Mars.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13199,"journal":{"name":"Icarus","volume":"426 ","pages":"Article 116359"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142653244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-31DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116365
Swastika Chakraborty , Barun Raychaudhuri , Tirtha Pratim Das , Saurabh Das , Moumita Roy
This work reports the spatial and diurnal variations of the number densities of lunar molecular water (H2O), atomic mass unit (amu) 18 and hydroxyl (OH), amu 17 over low (0° to 30°), middle (31° to 60°) and high (61° to 80°) latitudinal regions of the lunar exosphere during the pre-sunrise, noon, sunset and midnight periods using the mass spectrometric data of CHandra's Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) on board Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar mission developed in India. Both H2O and OH exhibit, particularly in the low latitude regions, a trend of increasing number density after the sunrise and up to noon, followed by a decrease till sunset. An overall higher density of H2O is obtained compared to the previous reports. The findings are justified in terms of the polar orbital height of the instrument and the duration of data procurement. The maximum number density for the low, middle and high latitudes reaches 5225 cm−3, 5135 cm−3 and 3747 cm−3, respectively. The corresponding OH abundances are found to be 5079 cm−3, 5565 cm−3 and 5720 cm−3. The diurnal variations of H2O and OH and their comparisons, similar to those of the present report may provide suitable means for tracing the lunar water cycle. The CHACE-2 observations imply that the influence of magnetotail passage on volatiles like water is to be further quantified in future missions with other sensors.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116357
Oliver L. White , Jeffrey M. Moore , Paul M. Schenk , Donald G. Korycansky , Andrew J. Dombard , Martina L. Caussi , Kelsi N. Singer
The icy Galilean satellites are host to a broad range of impact feature morphologies. Hypotheses seeking to explain the diversity of these impact features consider the effects of impact melt, the physical state of the subsurface at the time of impact, and the impactor characteristics. As part of a larger effort to assess the role of these factors in the formation and evolution of these impact features, we have performed topographic and geological mapping of 19 large impact features on Ganymede and Callisto. These are divided into two main morphological groups: craters (subdivided into pit, dome, and anomalous dome craters), and penepalimpsests/palimpsests. The transitions from pit, dome, to anomalous dome craters appear to be size-dependent up to diameters of ∼170 km. The morphologies of pit and dome craters appear to be independent of their age or geologic context. The impacts that formed them only affected a cold, rigid ice layer, with the development of pits and raised annuli on their floors possibly stemming from the evolution of a pocket of impact melt. The subdued rims and floors of anomalous dome craters indicate the increasing effect of a weak, warm ice layer on impact feature morphology with increasing size, but their prominent annuli and pits indicate that mobilization of impact melt is also a factor. The very low topographic relief of older penepalimpsests and palimpsests indicates that their impacts penetrated the ice shell to mobilize very large volumes of pre-existing liquid from a subsurface layer, with little contribution to the final feature morphology from impact melt. Penepalimpsests are distinguished from palimpsests by the higher frequency of concentric ridges within their interiors, indicating a generally more robust state of the subsurface that could better support the rotation and uplift of solid material during impact, even if a crater-like depression could not be supported. A few impact features seem to be transitional between anomalous dome craters and penepalimpsests, and the overlap of anomalous dome craters, penepalimpsests, and palimpsests in terms of diameter as well as age indicates that impactor size and subsurface properties over time are major factors in determining which of these morphologies emerges.
{"title":"Large impact features on Ganymede and Callisto as revealed by geological mapping and morphometry","authors":"Oliver L. White , Jeffrey M. Moore , Paul M. Schenk , Donald G. Korycansky , Andrew J. Dombard , Martina L. Caussi , Kelsi N. Singer","doi":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116357","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116357","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The icy Galilean satellites are host to a broad range of impact feature morphologies. Hypotheses seeking to explain the diversity of these impact features consider the effects of impact melt, the physical state of the subsurface at the time of impact, and the impactor characteristics. As part of a larger effort to assess the role of these factors in the formation and evolution of these impact features, we have performed topographic and geological mapping of 19 large impact features on Ganymede and Callisto. These are divided into two main morphological groups: craters (subdivided into pit, dome, and anomalous dome craters), and penepalimpsests/palimpsests. The transitions from pit, dome, to anomalous dome craters appear to be size-dependent up to diameters of ∼170 km. The morphologies of pit and dome craters appear to be independent of their age or geologic context. The impacts that formed them only affected a cold, rigid ice layer, with the development of pits and raised annuli on their floors possibly stemming from the evolution of a pocket of impact melt. The subdued rims and floors of anomalous dome craters indicate the increasing effect of a weak, warm ice layer on impact feature morphology with increasing size, but their prominent annuli and pits indicate that mobilization of impact melt is also a factor. The very low topographic relief of older penepalimpsests and palimpsests indicates that their impacts penetrated the ice shell to mobilize very large volumes of pre-existing liquid from a subsurface layer, with little contribution to the final feature morphology from impact melt. Penepalimpsests are distinguished from palimpsests by the higher frequency of concentric ridges within their interiors, indicating a generally more robust state of the subsurface that could better support the rotation and uplift of solid material during impact, even if a crater-like depression could not be supported. A few impact features seem to be transitional between anomalous dome craters and penepalimpsests, and the overlap of anomalous dome craters, penepalimpsests, and palimpsests in terms of diameter as well as age indicates that impactor size and subsurface properties over time are major factors in determining which of these morphologies emerges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13199,"journal":{"name":"Icarus","volume":"426 ","pages":"Article 116357"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142578748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116361
Victor Corchete
Baroclinic waves has been observed in the Martian atmosphere, and their periods have been calculated by means of spectral analysis of the pressure and wind velocity data, provided by the InSight mission for the time periods of the spring and winter seasons. For the spring time, the pressure spectrum shows a peak at the frequency of 0.246 (4 sol). For the winter time, the spectra of the pressure and wind velocity show a dominant peak at the frequency of ∼0.15 (6.7 sol), and a smaller peak at the frequency of ∼0.435 (2.3 sol). The results of this study are consistent with those determined in previous studies from spectral analysis of the Viking 2 data, and it is expected that a further analysis of the results determined in this study will provide a valuable insight into the seasonal changes of the atmospheric structure and circulation, which may be useful to fit General Circulation Models of the Martian atmosphere. However, a general understanding of Martian baroclinic phenomena only will be achieved with a combination of data from multiple Martian midlatitude stations in future missions.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116362
Yiheng Li , Zaicong Wang , Yuqi Qian , Wen Zhang , Yantong Feng , Hong Liu , Keqing Zong , Qi He , Zhenbing She , Xiang Wu , Ming Li , Zhaochu Hu , Long Xiao , Yang Li , Frederic Moynier
Due to rapid magma cooling and extensive space weathering, significant disequilibrium crystallization and secondary modification widely occur in lunar mare basalt after its eruption on the lunar surface. In this study, we conducted bulk and in-situ Fe isotope analyses to investigate the post-eruption processes on Chang'e-5 (CE-5) samples. The CE-5 soil shows a minor elevation of δ56Fe value (∼0.05 ‰) relative to the CE-5 basalt clasts. Correlations between Ni and Cu contents with δ56Fe values suggest that the minor increase in the δ56Fe from the CE-5 basalt to soil primarily occurred during evaporation caused by meteorite impacts. Such isotopic variation between CE-5 basalt and soils is notably lower than what is observed for Apollo samples and reflects the low maturity of CE-5 soils. This is consistent with the low Is/FeO value constrained by magnetic approaches. Therefore, measuring the δ56Fe values of lunar soil is suitable to evaluate the degrees of maturity for lunar soils due to space weathering. In-situ analyses of δ56Fe reveal significant variations in different grains of olivine (δ56Fe: −0.57 to −0.17 ‰) and ilmenite (−0.06 to +0.42 ‰) and also in their interior (mainly for olivine). These δ56Fe variations in minerals can be ascribed to the disequilibrium crystallization of lava flow and fast cooling, which is consistent with conclusions based on petrologic observations such as its extensive differentiation and silicate liquid immiscibility. Therefore, the post-eruption processes on the lunar surface could lead to significant variations in isotopic compositions at different scales of basalts, which in turn record the history of late-stage magma evolution and space weathering on the lunar surface.
{"title":"Iron isotopes of Chang'e-5 soil and mineral components: Implications for post-eruption processes on lunar surface","authors":"Yiheng Li , Zaicong Wang , Yuqi Qian , Wen Zhang , Yantong Feng , Hong Liu , Keqing Zong , Qi He , Zhenbing She , Xiang Wu , Ming Li , Zhaochu Hu , Long Xiao , Yang Li , Frederic Moynier","doi":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116362","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116362","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to rapid magma cooling and extensive space weathering, significant disequilibrium crystallization and secondary modification widely occur in lunar mare basalt after its eruption on the lunar surface. In this study, we conducted bulk and in-situ Fe isotope analyses to investigate the post-eruption processes on Chang'e-5 (CE-5) samples. The CE-5 soil shows a minor elevation of δ<sup>56</sup>Fe value (∼0.05 ‰) relative to the CE-5 basalt clasts. Correlations between Ni and Cu contents with δ<sup>56</sup>Fe values suggest that the minor increase in the δ<sup>56</sup>Fe from the CE-5 basalt to soil primarily occurred during evaporation caused by meteorite impacts. Such isotopic variation between CE-5 basalt and soils is notably lower than what is observed for Apollo samples and reflects the low maturity of CE-5 soils. This is consistent with the low Is/FeO value constrained by magnetic approaches. Therefore, measuring the δ<sup>56</sup>Fe values of lunar soil is suitable to evaluate the degrees of maturity for lunar soils due to space weathering. In-situ analyses of δ<sup>56</sup>Fe reveal significant variations in different grains of olivine (δ<sup>56</sup>Fe: −0.57 to −0.17 ‰) and ilmenite (−0.06 to +0.42 ‰) and also in their interior (mainly for olivine). These δ<sup>56</sup>Fe variations in minerals can be ascribed to the disequilibrium crystallization of lava flow and fast cooling, which is consistent with conclusions based on petrologic observations such as its extensive differentiation and silicate liquid immiscibility. Therefore, the post-eruption processes on the lunar surface could lead to significant variations in isotopic compositions at different scales of basalts, which in turn record the history of late-stage magma evolution and space weathering on the lunar surface.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13199,"journal":{"name":"Icarus","volume":"426 ","pages":"Article 116362"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142578749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116356
Nawapat Kaweeyanun , Adam Masters
In April 2023, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) began its journey to orbit Jupiter’s largest and only magnetic moon, Ganymede. Part of the mission’s objectives aim to verify existence of the moon’s subsurface ocean and determine its structure through its induced response to external excitation by periodically varying magnetic field. Known contributions to the excitation are those from Jupiter’s dipole (at synodic period) and quadrupole (at half-synodic period) variations, and Ganymede’s inclined eccentric orbit around Jupiter (at orbital period). We propose that Ganymede’s magnetopause, where the Chapman–Ferraro (C–F) magnetic field arises from local currents, also contributes to subsurface ocean induction. This article introduces the first three-dimensional model of the C–F field and its outputs at Ganymede’s subsurface ocean and larger magnetosphere. The field is shown to be non-uniform — strongest near upstream Ganymede’s subflow region and gradually weakening away from it. Magnetopause asymmetry due to the Jovian guide field results in largely synodic variation of the C–F field, with exceptions near Ganymede’s equator and subflow meridian where asymmetry effects are minimal and the variations are half-synodic. The C–F field amplitude is of general order nT, which is significant relative to excitation from the Jovian field. Comparisons to Galileo data and magnetohydrodynamic simulation results suggest the model is useful, therefore the magnetopause effects must be considered in future induction modeling of Ganymede’s subsurface ocean ahead of the Juice mission.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116360
Alexey A. Pankine , Timothy H. McConnochie , Michael D. Smith
We apply a novel method to retrieve water vapor vertical distributions in the Martian atmosphere to spectra collected by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES). The new method exploits differences in sensitivity of the daytime and nighttime TES nadir spectra to water vapor content in different parts of the lower atmosphere (0–40 km). Based on the test retrievals from simulated environments, vertical profiles of water vapor can be retrieved with accuracy ∼20–40 % depending on the season and altitude above surface. Retrievals from observations collected by the MGS TES between Ls = 135° in MY24 and Ls = 75° in MY27 enable exploration of the seasonal and interannual variabilities of the vertical distribution of water vapor. Retrieved vapor distributions and their seasonal variability are generally consistent with those predicted by a numerical circulation model. Vapor is concentrated near the surface in the northern polar region and the mid-latitudes during the northern summer (Ls = 90°). During the southern summer (Ls = 270°) vapor extends higher in the atmosphere in the southern polar region, reflecting both sublimation of the seasonal surface ice and atmospheric transport by the upper branch of the southern Hadley cell. During both equinoxes (Ls = 0° and Ls = 180°) vapor is found in the lower part of the tropical atmosphere. At the same time the retrieved vertical distributions exhibit notable interannual variability. Following the global dust storm of MY25, vapor is confined to lower altitudes in the southern polar region during the southern summer. During the southern spring in MY26 (Ls = 180°-270°) vapor extends higher in the atmosphere and mixing ratios increase faster with height at the equator and in the northern tropics. These examples suggest that Martian atmosphere may experience interannual changes in the atmospheric transport, some of which could be in response to global dust storm events.
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