Detections of Water Vapor Increase Over the North Polar Troughs on Mars as Observed by CRISM

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作者：
Khayat, Alain S. J. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Smith, Michael D. [1 ]
Guzewich, Scott D. [1 ]
机构：
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, CRESST 2, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] Univ Maryland, Dept Astron, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
来源：
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2020年 / 47卷 / 03期
关键词：
INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL EMISSION; JUMPS; TES;
D O I：
10.1029/2019GL086195
中图分类号：
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号：
07 ;
摘要：
The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been observing the north polar layered deposits (NPLD) of Mars. Polar wind circulations are instrumental in shaping the NPLD. In particular, the downslope (katabatic) flows help carve the spiral-shaped geological depressions, known as the polar troughs, and appropriate environmental conditions develop katabatic jumps that favor substantial water abundance changes over the troughs. Utilizing CRISM retrievals, we report the first observational evidence of the sharp increase in the water vapor abundance over polar troughs on Mars at high resolution (similar to 320 m). This has a direct influence on the dynamic evolution of ice migration in the northern polar cap, the major source of atmospheric water on Mars.
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