Mars Science Laboratory Observations of the 2018/Mars Year 34 Global Dust Storm

Scott D. Guzewich; M. Lemmon; C. L. Smith; G. Martínez; Á. de Vicente-Retortillo; C. E. Newman; M. Baker; C. Campbell; B. Cooper; J. Gómez-Elvira; A. -M. Harri; Don Hassler; F. J. Martin-Torres; T. McConnochie; J. E. Moores; H. Kahanpää; A. Khayat; M. I. Richardson; M. D. Smith; R. Sullivan; M. de la Torre Juarez; A. R. Vasavada; D. Viúdez-Moreiras; C. Zeitlin; Maria-Paz Zorzano Mier

doi:10.1029/2018GL080839

Mars Science Laboratory Observations of the 2018/Mars Year 34 Global Dust Storm

Scott D. Guzewich^*, M. Lemmon, C. L. Smith, G. Martínez, Á. de Vicente-Retortillo, C. E. Newman, M. Baker, C. Campbell, B. Cooper, J. Gómez-Elvira, A. -M. Harri, Don Hassler, F. J. Martin-Torres, T. McConnochie, J. E. Moores, H. Kahanpää, A. Khayat, M. I. Richardson, M. D. Smith, R. SullivanM. de la Torre Juarez, A. R. Vasavada, D. Viúdez-Moreiras, C. Zeitlin, Maria-Paz Zorzano Mier

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Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover observations of the 2018/Mars year 34 global/planet-encircling dust storm represent the first in situ measurements of a global dust storm with dedicated meteorological sensors since the Viking Landers. The Mars Science Laboratory team planned and executed a science campaign lasting approximately 100 Martian sols to study the storm involving an enhanced cadence of environmental monitoring using the rover's meteorological sensors, cameras, and spectrometers. Mast Camera 880-nm optical depth reached 8.5, and Rover Environmental Monitoring Station measurements indicated a 97% reduction in incident total ultraviolet solar radiation at the surface, 30K reduction in diurnal range of air temperature, and an increase in the semidiurnal pressure tide amplitude to 40 Pa. No active dust-lifting sites were detected within Gale Crater, and global and local atmospheric dynamics were drastically altered during the storm. This work presents an overview of the mission's storm observations and initial results. <p/>

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-79
Number of pages	9
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	46
Issue number	1
Early online date	5 Jan 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080839
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2019

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This work was funded by a MSL Participating Scientist grant to S.Guzewich. A portion of the research wascarried out at the Jet PropulsionLaboratory, California Institute ofTechnology, under a contract with theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration. MSL data are freely available on the Planetary Data System within 6 months after receipt on Earth.Data used to make the ﬁgures are included in the supporting information. Mastcam and Navcam images are freely available at https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpfulcomments, which have improved this manuscript

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Metereological condition
Gale Crater
dust storm

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Guzewich, S. D., Lemmon, M., Smith, C. L., Martínez, G., de Vicente-Retortillo, Á., Newman, C. E., Baker, M., Campbell, C., Cooper, B., Gómez-Elvira, J., Harri, A. .-M., Hassler, D., Martin-Torres, F. J., McConnochie, T., Moores, J. E., Kahanpää, H., Khayat, A., Richardson, M. I., Smith, M. D., ... Zorzano Mier, M.-P. (2019). Mars Science Laboratory Observations of the 2018/Mars Year 34 Global Dust Storm. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(1), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080839

Guzewich, SD, Lemmon, M, Smith, CL, Martínez, G, de Vicente-Retortillo, Á, Newman, CE, Baker, M, Campbell, C, Cooper, B, Gómez-Elvira, J, Harri, A-M, Hassler, D, Martin-Torres, FJ, McConnochie, T, Moores, JE, Kahanpää, H, Khayat, A, Richardson, MI, Smith, MD, Sullivan, R, de la Torre Juarez, M, Vasavada, AR, Viúdez-Moreiras, D, Zeitlin, C & Zorzano Mier, M-P 2019, 'Mars Science Laboratory Observations of the 2018/Mars Year 34 Global Dust Storm', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080839

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