Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater

The Mars Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (MRAMS) and a nested simulation of the Mars Weather Research and Forecasting model (MarsWRF) are used to predict the local meteorological conditions at the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site inside Jezero crater (Mars). These predictions are compl...

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Autores: Pla García, J., Rafkin, Scot C. R., Martínez, Germán M., Vicente Retortillo, Álvaro, Newman, C. E., Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A., Gómez, Felipe, Molina, A., Viúdez Moreiras, Daniel, Harri, Ari-Matti
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)
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Palabra clave:Mars
Atmosphere
Perseverance
Mars 2020
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spelling Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero CraterPla García, J.Rafkin, Scot C. R.Martínez, Germán M.Vicente Retortillo, ÁlvaroNewman, C. E.Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A.Gómez, FelipeMolina, A.Viúdez Moreiras, DanielHarri, Ari-MattiMarsAtmospherePerseveranceMars 2020The Mars Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (MRAMS) and a nested simulation of the Mars Weather Research and Forecasting model (MarsWRF) are used to predict the local meteorological conditions at the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site inside Jezero crater (Mars). These predictions are complemented with the COmplutense and MIchigan MArs Radiative Transfer model (COMIMART) and with the local Single Column Model (SCM) to further refine predictions of radiative forcing and the water cycle respectively. The primary objective is to facilitate interpretation of the meteorological measurements to be obtained by the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) aboard the rover, but also to provide predictions of the meteorological phenomena and seasonal changes that might impact operations, from both a risk perspective and from the perspective of being better prepared to make certain measurements. A full diurnal cycle at four different seasons (L-s 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees) is investigated. Air and ground temperatures, pressure, wind speed and direction, surface radiative fluxes and moisture data are modeled. The good agreement between observations and modeling in prior works [Pla-Garcia et al. in Icarus 280:103-113, 2016; Newman et al. in Icarus 291:203-231, 2017; Vicente-Retortillo et al. in Sci. Rep. 8(1):1-8, 2018; Savijarvi et al. in Icarus, 2020] provides confidence in utilizing these models results to predict the meteorological environment at Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site inside Jezero crater. The data returned by MEDA will determine the extent to which this confidence was justified.With funding from the Spanish government through the "María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence" accreditation (MDM-2017-0737); This research has been partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness (MINECO), under project ESP2016-79612-C3-1-R. S.R. supported this work on his own time in the absence of funding. Germán Martinez wishes to acknowledge USRA contract number 1638782. MTJ’s work was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology. MTJ and CEN acknowledge support from NASA’s STMD and GCD directorates through the M2020 project. A.M. is funded by the Project “MarsFirstWater”, European Research Council, Consolidator Grant no. 818602. In addition, we wish to express our gratitude to the MEDA instrument team members to supporting this investigationPeer reviewSpringer LinkUnidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)202120212020info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00763-xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12666/99reponame:DIGITAL.INTA Repositorio Digital del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacialinstname:Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)InglésThe physicochemical nature of water on early Marsinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/ESP2016-79612-C3-1-RCIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE INSTRUMENTOS ESPACIALES PARA LA CARACTERIZACION DEL AMBIENTE MARCIANO EN MULTIPLES MISIONES DE NASA - II: REMS (FASE E), TWINS (FASE E) Y MEDA (FASE D)info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/818602Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalCopyright © 2020, The Author(s)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.inta.es:20.500.12666/992026-06-23T12:46:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
title Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
spellingShingle Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
Pla García, J.
Mars
Atmosphere
Perseverance
Mars 2020
title_short Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
title_full Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
title_fullStr Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
title_full_unstemmed Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
title_sort Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pla García, J.
Rafkin, Scot C. R.
Martínez, Germán M.
Vicente Retortillo, Álvaro
Newman, C. E.
Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A.
Gómez, Felipe
Molina, A.
Viúdez Moreiras, Daniel
Harri, Ari-Matti
author Pla García, J.
author_facet Pla García, J.
Rafkin, Scot C. R.
Martínez, Germán M.
Vicente Retortillo, Álvaro
Newman, C. E.
Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A.
Gómez, Felipe
Molina, A.
Viúdez Moreiras, Daniel
Harri, Ari-Matti
author_role author
author2 Rafkin, Scot C. R.
Martínez, Germán M.
Vicente Retortillo, Álvaro
Newman, C. E.
Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A.
Gómez, Felipe
Molina, A.
Viúdez Moreiras, Daniel
Harri, Ari-Matti
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mars
Atmosphere
Perseverance
Mars 2020
topic Mars
Atmosphere
Perseverance
Mars 2020
description The Mars Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (MRAMS) and a nested simulation of the Mars Weather Research and Forecasting model (MarsWRF) are used to predict the local meteorological conditions at the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site inside Jezero crater (Mars). These predictions are complemented with the COmplutense and MIchigan MArs Radiative Transfer model (COMIMART) and with the local Single Column Model (SCM) to further refine predictions of radiative forcing and the water cycle respectively. The primary objective is to facilitate interpretation of the meteorological measurements to be obtained by the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) aboard the rover, but also to provide predictions of the meteorological phenomena and seasonal changes that might impact operations, from both a risk perspective and from the perspective of being better prepared to make certain measurements. A full diurnal cycle at four different seasons (L-s 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees) is investigated. Air and ground temperatures, pressure, wind speed and direction, surface radiative fluxes and moisture data are modeled. The good agreement between observations and modeling in prior works [Pla-Garcia et al. in Icarus 280:103-113, 2016; Newman et al. in Icarus 291:203-231, 2017; Vicente-Retortillo et al. in Sci. Rep. 8(1):1-8, 2018; Savijarvi et al. in Icarus, 2020] provides confidence in utilizing these models results to predict the meteorological environment at Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site inside Jezero crater. The data returned by MEDA will determine the extent to which this confidence was justified.
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