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The distribution and saturation of water vapor with ACS/TGO for first Martian year of observations

Authors :
Fedorova, Anna
Montmessin, Franck
Korablev, Oleg
Luginin, Mikhail
Trokhimovskiy, Alexander
Belyaev, Denis
Alday, Juan
Ignatiev, Nikolay
Lefèvre, Franck
Olsen, Kevin
Millour, Ehouarn
Bertaux, Jean-Loup
Shakun, Alexey
Grigoriev, Alexey
Patrakeev, Andrey
Korsa, Svyatoslav
Wilson, Colin
Forget, François
Määttänen, Anni
Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI)
Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS)
PLANETO - LATMOS
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS)
Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)
Department of Physics [Oxford]
University of Oxford [Oxford]
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD)
Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris
École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics [Oxford] (AOPP)
Source :
EGU General Assembly 2020, EGU General Assembly 2020, May 2020, Online, Germany. ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-17962⟩
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2020.

Abstract

International audience; The water vapour vertical distribution is an eloquent gauge of the relative roles of the various sources, sinks and processes that control the Martian water cycle. However, its behaviour is still poorly studied while it is instrument for our understanding of the loss of water from Mars to space, which results from the transport of water to the upper atmosphere where it is disassociated to hydrogen atoms that later escape. We use the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter to characterize the water distribution with altitude. Here we present results of the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) instrument NIR channel for the first year of TGO observations covering the almost full year from Ls 160° of the Martian year 34 (April 2018) to Ls 130° of the Martian year 35 (January 2020). Simultaneous measurements of the water vapour mixing ratio, temperature and dust vertical distribution and formation of water ice clouds allow us to constrain the complex water behaviour and estimate the saturation state of H2O. Water profiles during the 2018-2019 southern spring and summer stormy seasons show that high altitude water is preferentially supplied close to perihelion and that large supersaturation occurs even when clouds are present. Here we attempt to complete the story by studying water vapor during the northern spring and summer to explore whether saturation impacts water transport between hemispheres in this season. The data analysis of MY35 was supported by RSF (project No. 20-42-09035).

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
EGU General Assembly 2020, EGU General Assembly 2020, May 2020, Online, Germany. ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-17962⟩
Accession number :
edsair.dedup.wf.001..62ccb654319a0dc6b9d45fb96aa359f2