Seasonal Carbon Dioxide Depositions on the Martian Surface as Revealed from Neutron Measurements by the HEND Instrument Onboard the 2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft

Authors: Litvak M.L.¹; Mitrofanov I.G.¹; Kozyrev A.S.¹; Sanin A.B.¹; Tret'yakov V.I.¹; Boynton W.V.²; Shinohara C.²; Hamara D.²; Saunders S.³; Drake D.M.⁴

Source: Solar System Research, Volume 38, Number 3, May 2004 , pp. 167-177(11)

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

Abstract:

We present the results of eighteen months of observations of the seasonal caps of Mars based on data from the neutron spectroscopy of the surface by the Russian HEND Instrument mounted aboard the NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. A four-dimensional model of the Martian seasonal caps was developed on the basis of these observation data. The model shows how the thickness of the frozen carbon dioxide changes in different surface regions. Using the results of the model, we estimated the total mass of the seasonal caps for the period of maximal accumulation of seasonal depositions and the rates of condensation and sublimation of the seasonal cover.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1023/B:SOLS.0000030856.83622.17

Affiliations: 1: Institute for Space Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, GSP-7, Moscow, 117810 Russia 2: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA 3: NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20514, USA 4: TechSource, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

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