MarsTEM field test in Mars analog environment

Author

Colombatti, Giacomo ; Chiodini, Sebastiano ; Friso, Enrico ; Aboudan, Alessio ; Bettanini, Carlo ; Poli, Matteo ; Debei, Stefano ; Esposito, Francesca ; Molfese, Cesare ; Schipani, Pietro ; Marty, Laurent ; Mugnuolo, Raffaele ; Pirrotta, Simone ; Marchett

Author_Institution

CISAS Giuseppe Colombo, Univ. degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

4-5 June 2015

Firstpage

585

Lastpage

590

Abstract

The Temperature sensor of the DREAMS (Dust characterization, Risk assessment and Environment Analyzer on the Martian Surface) package, MarsTEM, on board the Exomars2016 Entry and Descent Module (EDM) was tested in the Moroccan desert during summer 2014. The sensor collected data for almost 3 days during which it measured stability of the atmospheric surface layer and experienced both rainy days and nights and weak desert dust storms. The present paper highlights the meteorology of the desert night behavior showing strong correlation between the measured atmospheric principal parameters and the near and far topography.

Keywords

Mars; cosmic dust; planetary atmospheres; planetary surfaces; temperature sensors; DREAMS package; EDM; Exomars2016 Entry and Descent Module; Mars analog environment; MarsTEM field test; Moroccan desert; atmospheric principal parameters; atmospheric surface layer; dust storms; temperature sensor; topography; Atmospheric measurements; Humidity; Ocean temperature; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Exomars; Mars; MarsTEM; atmospheric stability; temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Benevento

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2015.7180723

Filename

7180723