Atmospheres of Mars and Titan
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 218
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent observations from space missions have provided a wealth of data on the atmospheres of Mars and Titan, from the lower layers up to the external envelopes in direct contact with the solar wind. On Mars, surface weather is monitored by the InSight lander (NASA) and the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity (NASA), while a set of orbiters performs atmospheric observations globally, from the near-surface to the upper atmosphere. On Titan, the Cassini–Huygens space-research mission (NASA-ESA) made observations of its atmosphere, measuring composition, distribution, pressure, temperature, radiation, aerosol particle content, variability of clouds and hazes, magnetic state, etc.
While observations have led to considerable progress in understanding the structure of these atmospheres, the challenges of today are the identification and quantification of the underlying dynamical, chemical structures that govern the Mars and Titan atmospheres.
This Special Issue solicits contributions that investigate processes at work on the atmospheres of Mars and Titan like chemistry, dynamics, electricity, radiation (including effects of aerosols on the radiation budget and prebiotic chemistry), upper atmospheric particle energization (and escape to deep space), and the coupling between the lower/middle and upper atmospheres. We welcome manuscripts dealing with these processes affecting the atmospheres of Mars and Titan, from the surface to the exosphere. Contributions based on analysis of recent spacecraft and ground-based observations, comparative planetology studies, theoretical studies, and numerical modeling (both global and mesoscale of the past and present) and relevant laboratory investigations are particularly welcome.
Dr. Jorge Pla-García
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Atmosphere dynamics
- Planetary atmospheres
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Atmospheres structure
- Astrobiology
- Mars climate
- Titan climate
- Mars exploration
- Titan exploration
