Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992icar...97...46c&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 97, no. 1, May 1992, p. 46-69.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Aerosols, Atmospheric Composition, Mars Atmosphere, Particle Size Distribution, Stellar Occultation, Vertical Distribution, Carbon Dioxide, Infrared Astronomy, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Soviet Spacecraft, Water Vapor
Scientific paper
Phobos 2 spectrometer measurements of solar occultations close to the evening terminator have furnished data on the vertical structure of the Martian aerosols near the northern spring equinox. Since the thermal structure derived from saturated IR profiles of water vapor does not allow the reaching of the CO2 frost point at cloud altitudes, said clouds' particles may be formed by H2O ice. Dust was also monitored at two wavelengths; it is assumed that the dust particles are levitated by eddy mixing. A parallel is drawn between these thin clouds and the polar mesospheric clouds observed on earth.
Atreya Sushil K.
Blamont E. J. E. J.
Chassefiere Eric
Korablev Oleg I.
Krasnopol'Skii V. A.
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