The marbll experiment: towards a martian wind lidar

Anni Määttänen (1) , François Ravetta (2) , Franck Montmessin (1) , Didier Bruneau (2) , Jean-François Mariscal (3) , Mathilde van Haecke (3) , Guillaume Fayolle (3) , Christophe Montaron (3) , David Coscia (1)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 TROPO - LATMOS
3 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales

Operating a lidar on Mars would address the crucial need of monitoring wind and aerosol profiles in the boundary layer. We report recent developments of a compact direct-detection wind lidar designed to be accomodated on landed platforms or rovers. A new laser source has been developed and an azimutal scanning capability has been added. Preliminary results of a field campaign are presented. The lessons learnt from this campaign in view of putative lidar measurements on Mars are also discussed.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]

Anni Määttänen, François Ravetta, Franck Montmessin, Didier Bruneau, Jean-François Mariscal, et al.. The marbll experiment: towards a martian wind lidar. EPJ Web of Conferences, 2018, The 28th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 28), Bucharest 2017, 176, art. 06006 (4 p.). ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201817606006⟩. ⟨insu-01575211⟩