Space and Planetary Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysics
Abstract :
[en] The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has been orbiting Mars since 2016 with the Nadir and Occultation for MArs Discovery (NOMAD) UltraViolet and Visible Spectrometer (UVIS) instrument on board. Focusing on limb observations recorded in the ultraviolet (UV) part of the NOMAD/UVIS spectra, we describe here the CO Cameron bands, CO2+ ultraviolet doublet and Fox-Duffendach-Barker (FDB) bands and [OI] UV emissions. Averaged limb profiles are presented, showing that the strongest brightness and the highest peak altitudes are reached near perihelion. Ratios between the UV emissions are also estimated and compared with previous observations from Mariner and Mars Express. NOMAD/UVIS is the first instrument able to simultaneously acquire data both in the UV and the visible in the Mars atmosphere so that the oxygen green line at 557.7 nm and its UV counterpart at 297.2 nm, both originating from the same O(1S) upper state level, may be directly compared. A mean ratio of 15.8 is derived, in close agreement with ab initio calculations. The spectral composition of the CO2+ FDB system that have not been observed entirely since the Mariner missions in the 1970s is analyzed. According to the spectral composition of the FDB bands, we show that this emission is produced at ∼70 % by photoionization of CO2 (which populates the shorter wavelengths of the spectrum) and ∼30 % by resonance scattering of solar radiation (which populates longer wavelengths). No evidence of a change with altitude in the CO2+ FDB spectral composition is observed in the NOMAD/UVIS spectra.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Soret, Lauriane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Gérard, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Hubert, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Vandaele, A.C.; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy Brussels Belgium
Thomas, I. R.; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy Brussels Belgium
Ristic, B.; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy Brussels Belgium
Willame, Y.; Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy Brussels Belgium
Schneider, Nicholas; Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO United States
Jain, Sonal; Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO United States
Gupta, Sumedha; Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO United States
Mason, J. P.; School of Physical Sciences The Open University Milton Keynes UK
Patel, M. R.; School of Physical Sciences The Open University Milton Keynes UK
Language :
English
Title :
The ultraviolet Martian dayglow observed with NOMAD/UVIS on ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
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