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Investigation of the Full Diurnal Cycle of Mars Water-ice Aerosol Properties in Observations by EMIRS
PROCESSES IN THE PRESENT-DAY ATMOSPHERE OF MARS II POSTER
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
Samuel Atwood, Michael D. Smith, Michael J. Wolff,...
Thermal infrared observations of water-ice clouds by the Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer (EMIRS) have now been made for more than a full Martian y...
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Diurnal Temperature Variations and Thermal Tides in the Martian Atmosphere during MY 36 C-Storm Observed by EMIRS
PROCESSES IN THE PRESENT-DAY ATMOSPHERE OF MARS IV ORAL
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
Siteng Fan, Francois Forget, Michael D. Smith, San...
The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) Hope probe has a novelly designed high-altitude orbit, which allows the instruments onboard to obtain a full geographi...
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Europa Clipper: 10 Months to Launch
OCEAN WORLDS AND SEARCH FOR LIFE: HORIZONS IN ICY SATELLITE SCIENCE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE HISTORIC EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION III ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Robert T. Pappalardo, Bonnie J. Buratti, Haje Kort...
NASAs Europa Clipper spacecraft will launch in October 2024, with the goal of exploring Jupiters moon Europa to understand its habitability. Europa Cl...
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Rocks on Mars: Shape and High Spatial Resolution Mapping from Thermal IR Wavelengths Observations
THE NEW MARS UNDERGROUND II POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Sylvain Piqueux, David M. Kass, Armin Kleinboehl, ...
Over the last few decades, various physical properties of the Martian top surface layer (i.e., ~1 m or less) have been constrained from the analysis o...
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Observations of Deimos from the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) Flybys
SMALL SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES: SAMPLE RETURNS, JWST, GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMY, AND MORE III ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Christopher S. Edwards, Mikki M. Osterloo, Charles...
The origins of the martian moons Phobos and Deimos remain enigmatic. Over the past decades a range of spacecraft have observed Phobos and Deimos in or...
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The Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System(E-THEMIS) Investigation for the Europa Clipper Mission
OCEAN WORLDS AND SEARCH FOR LIFE: HORIZONS IN ICY SATELLITE SCIENCE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE HISTORIC EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION II POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Philip R. Christensen, John R. Spencer, Greg Mehal...
The Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS) on the Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate the temperature and physical properties of Eur...
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Constraining Changes in Surface Dust Thickness on Mars Using Diurnal Surface Temperature Observations From EMIRS
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: PLANETS
16 november 2023
Chris Wolfe, Christopher S. Edwards, Michael D. Sm...

Diurnal surface temperature data collected from the Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer have been used to characterize dust redistribution on Mars ...

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Diurnal and Seasonal Mapping of Martian Ices With EMIRS
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
26 june 2023
Aurélien Stcherbinine, Christopher S. Edwards, Mic...

Condensation and sublimation of ices at the surface of the planet is a key part of both the Martian H2O and CO2 cycles, either from a seasonal or d...

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