The atmosphere of Mars: Observations of thermal tides at, above, and around Gale crater from the surface and from orbit

火星大气：从表面和轨道观测盖尔陨石坑、上方和周围的热潮

• 批准号: 1513224
• 负责人: Paul Withers
• 金额: $ 29.65万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-15 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1513224&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: atmosphere; Mars; Observations; thermal; tides

The goal of this program is to use both landed and orbital measurements of atmospheric properties on Mars, in order to study thermal tides in that planet's atmosphere. Broader impacts of the work include training of a female postdoctoral researcher, and improved understanding of thermal tides on an Earth-like planet that is not Earth which could inform terrestrial atmospheric science. Measurements from the Curiosity rover would be coupled with orbital data to explore thermal tides in the vicinity of Gale Crater. The model results would provide an opportunity to separate the effects of migrating and non-migrating tides, and would also inform Mars global climate modelling development.

该计划的目标是利用着陆和轨道测量火星上的大气特性，以研究该行星大气中的热潮汐。这项工作的更广泛影响包括培训一名女博士后研究员，以及增进对非地球的类地行星上的热潮汐的了解，这可以为地球大气科学提供信息。来自Currency漫游者的测量结果将与轨道数据相结合，以探索盖尔陨石坑附近的热潮汐。 模型结果将为区分迁移和非迁移潮汐的影响提供机会，并将为火星全球气候模型的开发提供信息。