Climatic implications of the simultaneous presence of CO2 and H2O in the Martian regolith

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Atmospheric Models, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Climate Change, Climatology, Mars (Planet), Mars Atmosphere, Mars Surface, Planetary Geology, Regolith, Adsorption, Adsorptivity, Atmospheric Pressure, Frost, Polar Caps, Water

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The current paradigm for quasi-periodic climate change on Mars holds that perhaps a few hundred millibars of CO2 are available for exchange between the atmosphere and regolith, and that a vast majority of that CO2 is presently absorbed into the regolith. The CO2 is partitioned between the regolith and atmosphere according to an equilibrium adsorptive relationship. If the atmospheric pressure exceeds the frost point at or near the poles, then quasi-permanent polar caps form and buffer the atmospheric pressure. This model was developed based upon laboratory studies of CO2 adsorption where no other adsorbates are present. We will conduct laboratory measurements of the simultaneous adsorption of H2O and CO2 under Mars-like conditions, and develop numerical expressions for use in climate modeling based upon our results.

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