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Development of a micro-balance system for dust and water vapour detection in the Mars atmosphere
Colangeli, L.; Palumbo, P.; Palomba, E. +2 more
Quartz crystal piezoelectric sensors are suitable for deposition analyses that need very high sensitivity. Due to the wide working ranges and high performances, micro-balances can measure the mass settling in average Mars conditions during a period of months before saturation is reached. This ensures a proper use for short and long term water and …
Numerical simulation of the visible and near infrared radiance of Mars: effects of atmospheric scattering
Erard, S.; Blecka, M. I.
This paper presents new simulations of the radiance of the surface and atmosphere of Mars. Our modeling is directly connected with future spectrometric measurements of two instruments on Mars Express (short-wavelength channel of PFS and OMEGA) and of the VIRTIS spectrometer on-board Rosetta which was planned for observation of Mars in August 2005.…