ISO Observations of Mars: An Estimate of the Water Vapor Vertical Distribution and the Surface Emissivity

✍ Scribed by M.J. Burgdorf; Th. Encrenaz; E. Lellouch; H. Feuchtgruber; G.R. Davis; B.M. Swinyard; Th. de Graauw; P.W. Morris; S.D. Sidher; M.J. Griffin; F. Forget; T.L. Lim

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 224 KB
• Volume: 145
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0019-1035
• DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6338

✦ Synopsis

Infrared spectra of Mars were taken with the two complementary spectrometers onboard the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), in both moderate-and high-resolution mode. From the strengths of the observed water lines we derived information about the vertical distribution of water vapor and on the emissivity of the dust/surface system in the infrared. Assuming atmospheric and surface temperatures derived from the European 79