14 years of Mars’ atmosphere monitoring by SPICAM on Mars Express
Abstract
SPICAM is entering his 8th Martian year
around Mars and continues to collect measurements
with its infrared channel. This dataset is unique
insofar as it comes from the same calibrated
instrument, continuously over the course of 14 years.
Hence, it allows to probe different physical
phenomena with multi-annual and seasonal timescale,
as well as episodic events (e.g dust storms). SPICAM
contributed to the improvement of the understanding
of Mars’s climate in several areas including lower
atmosphere composition, chemical processes and the
structure of the atmosphere.
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