Study of the Martian cold oxygen corona from the OI 130.4nm by IUVS/MAVEN

Exosphere; Mars; Oxygen; Calibration; Ionosphere; Radiative transfer; Solar energy; Absolute calibration; Atomic oxygen density; Radiative transfer model; Resonant scattering; Thermospheric model; Volatile evolution

Abstract :

[en] First observations of the OI 130.4nm resonant line performed by the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) aboard the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission (MAVEN) are presented in this paper. This emission line is observed during the different orbit phases of MAVEN. The atomic oxygen density and the temperature at 200km are retrieved from an automatic pipeline using a radiative transfer model for resonant scattering lines for a selection of coronal profiles. These selected profiles are representative of the coronal scans done during the first months of the mission (from November 2014 to January 2015). The derived oxygen density and the temperature near the exobase are in the predicted range by the current thermospheric models of Mars for moderate solar activity, and some diurnal variations are observed. However, the absolute calibration of the instrument significantly limits the accuracy of density and temperature results. © 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

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Chaufray, J. Y.; LATMOS-IPSL, CNRS, UVSQ, UMPC Guyancourt France

Deighan, J.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

Chaffin, M. S.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

Schneider, N. M.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

Mcclintock, W. E.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

Stewart, A. I. F.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

Jain, S. K.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

Crismani, M.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

Stiepen, Arnaud ; Université de Liège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)

Holsclaw, G. M.; LASP University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado USA

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English

Title :

Study of the Martian cold oxygen corona from the OI 130.4nm by IUVS/MAVEN

Publication date :

2015

Journal title :

Geophysical Research Letters

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0094-8276

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1944-8007

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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