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AN: P23A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Mars atmospheric temperature profiles from Mars Climate Sounder measurements: Retrieval algorithm and first results
AU: * Kleinboehl, A
EM: Armin.Kleinboehl@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Schofield, J T
EM: John.T.Schofield@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Kass, D M
EM: David.M.Kass@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Gaiser, S L
EM: Steven.L.Gaiser@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Abdou, W A
EM: Wedad.A.Abdou@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: McCleese, D J
EM: Daniel.J.Mccleese@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AB: Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) is a mid- and far-infrared thermal emission radiometer on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Since Sep. 24, 2006, MCS has been taking measurements of the Martian surface and atmosphere in limb and nadir geometry with a duty cycle of ~2 profile measurements per minute. With its 8 infrared and one visible channel, MCS measures vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature, water vapor, dust and condensates from 0 to 80 km altitude with a vertical resolution of ~5 km. The retrieval of vertical profiles from the measured radiances is based on the iterative method by Chahine. We will decribe and characterize the retrieval algorithm, and present first examples of retrieved profiles of atmospheric temperature and dust opacity.
DE: 0343 Planetary atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704)
DE: 5405 Atmospheres (0343, 1060)
DE: 5464 Remote sensing
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly