Mars dust and cloud opacities and scattering properties

Details Mars dust and cloud opacities and scattering properties Mars dust and cloud opacities and scattering properties

Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992msat.work...34c&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on the Martian Surface and Atmosphere Through Time p 34 (SEE N92-28988 19-91)

Physics

Albedo, Atmospheric Scattering, Cloud Physics, Dust, Mars Surface, Opacity, Optical Thickness, Radiative Transfer, Thermal Mapping, Infrared Radiation, Longitude, Scattering Functions, Seasons, Sequencing, Viking Mars Program

Scientific paper

We have recently completed an analysis of the visible emission-phase function (EPF) sequences obtained with the solar-band channel of the Infrared Thermal Mapping (IRTM) instrument onboard the two Viking Orbiters. Roughly 100 of these EPF sequences were gathered during the 1977-1980 period, in which the total broadband (.3-3.0 microns) reflectances of the atmosphere/surface above specific locations on Mars were measured versus emission angle as the spacecraft passed overhead. A multiple scattering radiative transfer program was employed to model the EPF observations in terms of the optical depths of dust/clouds, their single scattering albedos and phase functions, and the Lambert albedos and phase coefficient of the underlying surfaces. Due to the predominance of atmospheric scattering at large atmospheric pathlengths and/or large dust opacities, we were able to obtain strong constraints on the scattering properties of dust/clouds and their opacities for a wide range of latitudes, longitudes, and seasons on Mars.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Mars dust and cloud opacities and scattering properties does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Mars dust and cloud opacities and scattering properties, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Mars dust and cloud opacities and scattering properties will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1769728