論文

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2022年11月3日

Alternate oscillations of Martian hydrogen and oxygen upper atmospheres during a major dust storm.

Nature communications
  • Kei Masunaga
  • Naoki Terada
  • Nao Yoshida
  • Yuki Nakamura
  • Takeshi Kuroda
  • Kazuo Yoshioka
  • Yudai Suzuki
  • Hiromu Nakagawa
  • Tomoki Kimura
  • Fuminori Tsuchiya
  • Go Murakami
  • Atsushi Yamazaki
  • Tomohiro Usui
  • Ichiro Yoshikawa
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記述言語
英語
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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-34224-6

Dust storms on Mars play a role in transporting water from its lower to upper atmosphere, seasonally enhancing hydrogen escape. However, it remains unclear how water is diurnally transported during a dust storm and how its elements, hydrogen and oxygen, are subsequently influenced in the upper atmosphere. Here, we use multi-spacecraft and space telescope observations obtained during a major dust storm in Mars Year 33 to show that hydrogen abundance in the upper atmosphere gradually increases because of water supply above an altitude of 60 km, while oxygen abundance temporarily decreases via water ice absorption, catalytic loss, or downward transportation. Additionally, atmospheric waves modulate dust and water transportations, causing alternate oscillations of hydrogen and oxygen abundances in the upper atmosphere. If dust- and wave-driven couplings of the Martian lower and upper atmospheres are common in dust storms, with increasing escape of hydrogen, oxygen will less efficiently escape from the upper atmosphere, leading to a more oxidized atmosphere. These findings provide insights regarding Mars' water loss history and its redox state, which are crucial for understanding the Martian habitable environment.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34224-6
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36329013
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9633821
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41467-022-34224-6
  • PubMed ID : 36329013
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC9633821

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