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Comparison of HIPWAC and Mars Express SPICAM observations of ozone on Mars 2006-2008 and variation from 1993 IRHS observations |
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| Authors: | Kelly E Fast Theodor Kostiuk Franck Lefèvre Timothy A Livengood Juan D Delgado John Annen Guido Sonnabend |
| Institution: | a Planetary Systems Laboratory, Code 693, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA b LATMOS, CNRS, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France c Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421, USA d I.Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, 50937 Köln, Germany |
| Abstract: | Ozone is a tracer of photochemistry in the atmosphere of Mars and an observable used to test predictions of photochemical models. We present a comparison of retrieved ozone abundances on Mars using ground-based infrared heterodyne measurements by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Heterodyne Instrument for Planetary Wind And Composition (HIPWAC) and space-based Mars Express Spectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars (SPICAM) ultraviolet measurements. Ozone retrievals from simultaneous measurements in February 2008 were very consistent (0.8 μm-atm), as were measurements made close in time (ranging from <1 to >8 μm-atm) during this period and during opportunities in October 2006 and February 2007. The consistency of retrievals from the two different observational techniques supports combining the measurements for testing photochemistry-coupled general circulation models and for investigating variability over the long-term between spacecraft missions. Quantitative comparison with ground-based measurements by NASA/GSFC’s Infrared Heterodyne Spectrometer (IRHS) in 1993 reveals 2-4 times more ozone at low latitudes than in 2008 at the same season, and such variability was not evident over the shorter period of the Mars Express mission. This variability may be due to cloud activity. |
| Keywords: | Mars Atmosphere Infrared observations Photochemistry Spectroscopy Abundances Atmospheres |
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