PMID- 31534881
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2169-9097 (Print)
IS  - 2169-9100 (Electronic)
IS  - 2169-9097 (Linking)
VI  - 124
IP  - 7
DP  - 2019 Jul
TI  - Effects of the MY34/2018 Global Dust Storm as Measured by MSL REMS in Gale 
      Crater.
PG  - 1899-1912
LID - 10.1029/2019JE005985 [doi]
AB  - The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) instrument that is onboard 
      NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover. REMS has been measuring 
      surface pressure, air and ground brightness temperature, relative humidity, and 
      UV irradiance since MSL's landing in 2012. In Mars Year (MY) 34 (2018) a global 
      dust storm reached Gale Crater at L(s) ~190 degrees . REMS offers a unique opportunity to 
      better understand the impact of a global dust storm on local environmental 
      conditions, which complements previous observations by the Viking landers and 
      Mars Exploration Rovers. All atmospheric variables measured by REMS are strongly 
      affected albeit at different times. During the onset phase, the daily maximum UV 
      radiation decreased by 90% between sols 2075 (opacity ~1) and 2085 (opacity 
      ~8.5). The diurnal range in ground and air temperatures decreased by 35K and 56K, 
      respectively, with also a diurnal-average decrease of ~2K and 4K respectively. 
      The maximum relative humidity, which occurs right before sunrise, decreased to 
      below 5%, compared with pre-storm values of up to 29%, due to the warmer air 
      temperatures at night while the inferred water vapor abundance suggests an 
      increase during the storm. Between sols 2085 and 2130, the typical nighttime 
      stable inversion layer was absent near the surface as ground temperatures 
      remained warmer than near-surface air temperatures. Finally, the frequency-domain 
      behavior of the diurnal pressure cycle shows a strong increase in the strength of 
      the semidiurnal and terdiurnal modes peaking after the local opacity maximum, 
      also suggesting differences in the dust abundance inside and outside Gale.
FAU - Viudez-Moreiras, D
AU  - Viudez-Moreiras D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8442-3788
AD  - Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA) & Spanish National Institute for Aerospace 
      Technology (INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Newman, C E
AU  - Newman CE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9990-8817
AD  - Aeolis Research, 600 N. Rosemead Ave., Suite 205, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA.
FAU - de la Torre, M
AU  - de la Torre M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1393-5297
AD  - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove 
      Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
FAU - Martinez, G
AU  - Martinez G
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5885-236X
AD  - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
FAU - Guzewich, S
AU  - Guzewich S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1149-7385
AD  - NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
FAU - Lemmon, M
AU  - Lemmon M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4504-5136
AD  - Space Science Institute, College Station, TX 77843 USA.
FAU - Pla-Garcia, J
AU  - Pla-Garcia J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8047-3937
AD  - Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA) & Spanish National Institute for Aerospace 
      Technology (INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Smith, M D
AU  - Smith MD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7601-1158
AD  - NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
FAU - Harri, A-M
AU  - Harri AM
AD  - Earth Observation, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio, 
      Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Genzer, M
AU  - Genzer M
AD  - Earth Observation, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio, 
      Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Vicente-Retortillo, A
AU  - Vicente-Retortillo A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4553-7624
AD  - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
FAU - Lepinette, A
AU  - Lepinette A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5213-3521
AD  - Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA) & Spanish National Institute for Aerospace 
      Technology (INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Rodriguez-Manfredi, J A
AU  - Rodriguez-Manfredi JA
AD  - Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA) & Spanish National Institute for Aerospace 
      Technology (INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Vasavada, A R
AU  - Vasavada AR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2665-286X
AD  - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove 
      Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
FAU - Gomez-Elvira, J
AU  - Gomez-Elvira J
AD  - Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA) & Spanish National Institute for Aerospace 
      Technology (INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
LA  - eng
GR  - N-999999/Intramural NASA/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Geophys Res Planets
JT  - Journal of geophysical research. Planets
JID - 101661797
PMC - PMC6750032
MID - NIHMS1538744
EDAT- 2019/09/20 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/20 06:01
PMCR- 2020/07/01
CRDT- 2019/09/20 06:00
PHST- 2019/09/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/09/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/20 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1029/2019JE005985 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Geophys Res Planets. 2019 Jul;124(7):1899-1912. doi: 10.1029/2019JE005985.