atmosphere; general circulation model; global dust storm; Mars; NOMAD; ozone; Dust storm; ExoMars; General circulation model; Global dust storm; Middle atmosphere; Nadir and occultation for mars discovery; Ozone destruction; UV-visible spectrometers; Water vapour; Geophysics; Earth and Planetary Sciences (all); General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Abstract :
[en] The Nadir and Occultation for MArs Discovery (NOMAD)/UV-visible (UVIS) spectrometer on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter provided observations of ozone (O3) and water vapor in the global dust storm of 2018. Here we show in detail, using advanced data filtering and chemical modeling, how Martian O3 in the middle atmosphere was destroyed during the dust storm. In data taken exactly 1 year later when no dust storm occurred, the normal situation had been reestablished. The model simulates how water vapor is transported to high altitudes and latitudes in the storm, where it photolyzes to form odd hydrogen species that catalyze O3. O3 destruction is simulated at all latitudes and up to 100 km, except near the surface where it increases. The simulations also predict a strong increase in the photochemical production of atomic hydrogen in the middle atmosphere, consistent with the enhanced hydrogen escape observed in the upper atmosphere during global dust storms.
Research Center/Unit :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Daerden, F. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Neary, L. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Wolff, M.J. ; Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States
Clancy, R.T. ; Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States
Lefèvre, F. ; LATMOS, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Paris, France
Whiteway, J.A. ; Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, Canada
Viscardy, S. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Piccialli, A. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Willame, Y.; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Depiesse, C. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Aoki, S. ; Institute of Space and Astronautical Science ISAS, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan
Thomas, I.R. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Ristic, B. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Erwin, J. ; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
Gérard, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Sandor, B.J. ; Space Science Institute, Boulder, United States
Khayat, A. ; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Smith, M.D.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Mason, J.P.; School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Patel, M.R. ; School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Villanueva, G.L. ; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Liuzzi, G. ; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States ; Department of Physics, School of Arts and Sciences, American University, Washington, United States
Bellucci, G.; Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, IAPS-INAF, Rome, Italy
Lopez-Moreno, J.-J.; Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain
Vandaele, A.C.; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
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