CO2 condensation in the Martian environment

Details CO2 condensation in the Martian environment CO2 condensation in the Martian environment

Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agufm.p23a0041g&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #P23A-0041

Physics

0305 Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801, 4906), 0320 Cloud Physics And Chemistry, 0343 Planetary Atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704), 5405 Atmospheres (0343, 1060)

Scientific paper

It has been suggested that cirrus clouds formed of CO2 gas may have significantly affected the early history of the climate of Mars. Evidence of the existence of CO2 ice clouds in the current atmosphere of Mars has also been reported. We implement a CO2 microphysics scheme to the PlanetWRF Model and focus on its applications in the Martian environment. This physical scheme includes heterogenous nucleation, homogenous nucleation, ion nucleation and CO2 ice particle growth. CO2 ice physics is coupled with the dust cycle, CO2 cycle and possibly water cycle. With followed radiative transfer study and comparison with spacecraft data products, we hope to have better insight into the history of the climate of Mars and its current circulating cycles. Complete understanding of the role that CO2 ice clouds play in the Martian climate system requires both modeling and laboratory work of CO2 ice formation processes, which have become two of the most urgent tasks in the Mars science community.

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