Experiments in the Atmospheres of Mars and Earth

本申请要求资助四名研究生。该研究计划包括开发科学仪器的各种项目，以对地球和火星的大气进行实验研究。这项研究的共同点是方法论。测量技术是激光雷达，它是光探测和测距（有时称为激光雷达）的首字母缩写。该方法包括向大气中发射激光脉冲，然后探测被分子、尘埃和云层散射回来的光。目前正在进行的项目包括对美国宇航局凤凰号火星任务上的激光雷达仪器的测量结果进行分析，以及对冰冻的北冰洋上空的空气化学测量。正在推进的新项目将涉及为未来的火星任务和地球大气污染研究开发和应用激光雷达仪器。

Funding is being requested in this application to support four graduate students. The research program consists of various projects with development of scientific instruments for the experimental investigation of the atmospheres on Earth and Mars. The common thread to the research is the methodology. The measurement technique is LIDAR, which is an acronym for Light Detection and Ranging (sometimes called Laser Radar). The method involves emitting pulses of laser light into the atmosphere and detecting the light that is scattered back by molecules, dust, and clouds. The current ongoing projects include the analysis of measurements with the LIDAR instrument on the NASA Phoenix Mars mission and measurements of air chemistry over the frozen Arctic Ocean. New projects moving forward will involve the development and application of LIDAR instruments for future Mars missions and for studies of atmospheric pollution on Earth.