Science Case 2.7 - Martian Aerosols: Datasets

• SPICAM: Spectroscopy for Investigation of Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars
  • Content: Vertical profiles of aerosol slant opacity at 250 nm and Ångström coefficient
  • Creator(s): LATMOS
  • Comments:Data released by A. Määttänen et al. (2012): A complete climatology of the aerosol vertical distribution on Mars from MEx/SPICAM UV solar occultations, Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.12.001
  • References: Mars Express
  • Medium:
    Please download the kml file, open google Earth, change planet to Mars and then open kml file


• ODS: The Optical Depth Sensor
  • Content: Aerosol in the atmosphere of Mars.
  • Creator(s): LATMOS
  • Comments:
  • References: ODS
  • Medium: ODS: The Optical Depth Sensor Database interface.


• MCD: Mars Climate Database
  • Content: Climatologic simulation dataset.
  • Creator(s): LMD
  • Comments: See note on MCD homepage. As of January 23, 2012, the server is down. No estimate for when it will be running again.
  • References: Mars Climate Database
  • Medium: Database interface.