Moreno, R.[LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France]
Cavalié, T.[Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany]
Lis, D. C.[California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA]
Banaszkiewicz, M.[Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland]
Bockelée-Morvan, D.[LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France]
Crovisier, J.[LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France]
Encrenaz, T.[LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France]
Küppers, M.[Rosetta Science Operations Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Spain]
Lara, L*-M[Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), Spain]
Szutowicz, S.[Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland]
Vandenbussche, B.[Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium]
Bensch, F.[DLR, German Aerospace Centre, Bonn-Oberkassel, Germany]
Bergin, E. A.[Astronomy Department, University of Michigan, USA]
Billebaud, F.[Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, France]
Biver, N.[LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France]
Blake, G. A.[California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA]
Blommaert, J A D L[Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium]
Cernicharo, J.[Laboratory of Molecular Astrophysics, CAB-CSIC, INTA, Spain]
Decin, L.[Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Sterrenkundig Instituut Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
Encrenaz, P.[LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, France]
Feuchtgruber, H.[Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching bei München, Germany]
de Graauw, T.[SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Landleven 12, 9747 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands; Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands; Joint ALMA Observatory, Chile]
Jehin, Emmanuel[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique et traitement de l'image]
Kidger, M.[Science Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Spain]
Lorente, R.[Science Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Spain]
Naylor, D. A.[Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, Canada]
Portyankina, G.[Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Switzerland]
Sánchez-Portal, M.[Science Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, Spain]
Schieder, R.[KOSMA, I. Physik. Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, D 50937 Köln, Germany]
[en] planets and satellites: atmospheres ; molecular processes ; radiative transfer ; submillimeter: general
[en] We report on the initial analysis of Herschel/HIFI carbon monoxide (CO) observations of the Martian atmosphere performed between 11 and 16 April 2010. We selected the (7-6) rotational transitions of the isotopes [SUP]13[/SUP]CO at 771 GHz and C[SUP]18[/SUP]O and 768 GHz in order to retrieve the mean vertical profile of temperature and the mean volume mixing ratio of carbon monoxide. The derived temperature profile agrees within less than 5 K with general circulation model (GCM) predictions up to an altitude of 45 km, however, show about 12-15 K lower values at 60 km. The CO mixing ratio was determined as 980 ± 150 ppm, in agreement with the 900 ppm derived from Herschel/SPIRE observations in November 2009. Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.
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