Iridescence Reveals the Formation and Growth of Ice Aerosols in Martian Noctilucent Clouds

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作者：

Lemmon, M. T. ^{[1
]}

Vicente-Retortillo, A. ^{[2
]}

Guzewich, S. D. ^{[3
]}

Juarez, M. de la Torre ^{[4
]}

Innanen, A. C. ^{[5
]}

Campbell, C. L. ^{[5
,6
,7
]}

Maki, J. N. ^{[4
]}

Malin, M. C. ^{[8
]}

Moores, J. E. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Space Sci Inst, Boulder, CO 80301 USA

[2] CSIC INTA, Ctr Astrobiol CAB, Torrejon De Ardoz, Spain

[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA

[4] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA USA

[5] York Univ, Toronto, ON, Canada

[6] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA

[7] Catholic Univ Amer, Washington, DC USA

[8] Malin Space Sci Syst, San Diego, CA USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2024年 / 51卷 / 23期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

Mars atmosphere; mesospheric clouds; noctilucent clouds; iridescence; Curiosity rover; OPTICAL DEPTH; MARS; SPECTRA; DUST; REMS;

D O I：

10.1029/2024GL111183

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Water and carbon dioxide each form mesospheric clouds on Mars. At such altitudes (40-100 km), clouds may remain sunlit for part of the night. We describe a previously unreported, visually spectacular season of iridescent, noctilucent clouds visible in early southern autumn from the Curiosity rover's site in Gale crater. Ice nucleation begins near sunset with a narrow range of particle sizes, and the ice aerosols grow and precipitate. The iridescence, visible through three-color imaging, arises from locally uniform particle sizes resulting from similar growth histories. Colorful fall streaks show the clouds evolving, and a scattering corona shows size uniformity over large areas. The terminator was observed on the clouds, allowing the determination of cloud altitudes and a likely CO2 composition. This is the first observation of particle size variations within individual Martian clouds, allowing a new probe of Martian cloud physics.

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