Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jul 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000came.work...63c&link_type=abstract
Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, p. 63
Mathematics
Logic
Mars (Planet), Mars Atmosphere, Climatology, Planetary Evolution, In Situ Measurement, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Temperature, Mars Missions
Scientific paper
To characterize Mars climate evolution requires to trace back the history of volatile species, including water. Indeed, atmospheric gases control, through UV-visible absorption and IR radiative transfer, the thermal structure of the atmosphere, the surface temperature, and ultimately the global hydrological system, which is a major component of the present Earth climate system. The composition and mass of the atmosphere is controlled by physical/chemical processes acting as sources (outgassing) or sinks (atmospheric escape, surface weathering, physical trapping in the subsurface). The history of volatiles is influenced by inner planet processes, like core convection which may give rise to a planetary-scale magnetic field able to withhold the atmosphere from the solar wind, inhibiting escape, or mantle convection, through outgassing and recycling of gas by geochemical cycles. Conversely, atmosphere may possibly retroact on the inner planet dynamical regime, for example if large amounts of liquid water are maintained at the surface by greenhouse effect, which could favour specific tectonism styles (like plate tectonism). The history of volatiles may therefore be related, not only to climate, but also to the thermal history of the inner planet, through a complicated chain of causes and effects. It is an essential link for reconstructing the global evolution of the Mars system. Focusing on climate, it appears that, provided the present climate system is understood and modelled, it must be possible to extrapolate to the past, provided the way the atmosphere evolved is known, as well as solar emission fluxes controlling thermal structure and escape.
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