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Stormy water on Mars: The distribution and saturation of atmospheric water during the dusty season

Published:2020-01-17 Issue:6475 Volume:367 Page:297-300
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Fedorova Anna A.¹^ORCID,Montmessin Franck²,Korablev Oleg¹^ORCID,Luginin Mikhail¹^ORCID,Trokhimovskiy Alexander¹^ORCID,Belyaev Denis A.¹^ORCID,Ignatiev Nikolay I.¹^ORCID,Lefèvre Franck²^ORCID,Alday Juan³^ORCID,Irwin Patrick G. J.³^ORCID,Olsen Kevin S.²³^ORCID,Bertaux Jean-Loup¹²,Millour Ehouarn⁴^ORCID,Määttänen Anni²^ORCID,Shakun Alexey¹^ORCID,Grigoriev Alexey V.¹⁵^ORCID,Patrakeev Andrey¹^ORCID,Korsa Svyatoslav¹^ORCID,Kokonkov Nikita¹^ORCID,Baggio Lucio²^ORCID,Forget Francois⁴^ORCID,Wilson Colin F.³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS), Moscow, Russia.

2. Laboratoire Atmosphères Milieux Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Guyancourt, France.

3. Physics Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

4. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Jussieu, Paris, France.

5. Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Abstract

Water reaches Mars' upper atmosphere Mars once hosted abundant water on its surface but subsequently lost most of it to space. Small amounts of water vapor are still present in the atmosphere, which can escape if they reach sufficiently high altitudes. Fedorova et al. used data from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft to determine the distribution of water in Mars' atmosphere and investigate how it varies over seasons. Water vapor is sometimes heavily saturated, and its distribution is affected by the planet's large dust storms. Water can efficiently reach the upper atmosphere when Mars is in the warmest part of its orbit, and this behavior may have controlled the overall rate at which Mars lost its water. Science , this issue p. 297

Funder

UK Space Agency

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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