Session 24. Mars III

Oral, Chairs: S. A. Atreya, L. Zasova, Tuesday, September 6, 2005, 2:00-3:50pm, Music Concert Hall

24.01I The Martian Upper Atmosphere Circulation

S. W. Bougher, J. M. Bell (U. of Michigan), D. T. Baird (UCLA and JPL), J. R. Murphy (NMSU)

24.02 Atmospheric Results from MER Mini-TES

D. Banfield (Cornell U.), M.D. Smith (NASA Goddard), M.J. Wolff (Space Science Institute), A. Ghosh (U. Tennessee), N. Spanovich (U. Arizona), P. Christensen (Arizona State U.), Athena Science Team

24.03 Structure of the Martian atmosphere in the polar regions: PFS and OMEGA data

L.V. Zasova (IKI - RAS, Moscow, Russia, IFSI - INAF, Rome, Italy), V. Formisano, D. Grassi (IFSI - INAF, Rome, Italy), N.I. Ignatiev (IKI - RAS, Moscow, Russia, IFSI - INAF, Rome, Italy), F. Altieri, G. Bellucci (IFSI - INAF, Rome, Italy), J.-P. Bibring (IAS, Orsay, France), M. Giuranna, A. Maturilli (IFSI - INAF, Rome, Italy)

24.04 SPICAM/MEX Discovery of Aurora on Mars

J.L. Bertaux, F. Leblanc (Service d' Aeronomie du CNRS/IPSL,France), O. Witasse (ESA-ESTEC), E. Quemerais (Service d' Aeronomie du CNRS/IPSL,France), J. Lilensten (Laboratoire de Planetologie de Grenoble, France.), S.A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA), B. Sandel (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Univ.of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA), O. Korablev (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia)

24.05 Ozone retrieval from SPICAM UV nadir observations: a first global view of ozone on Mars

S. Perrier, J.L. Bertaux, F. Lefaävre (Service d'aeronomie, France), S. Lebonnois (LMD, France), A. Fedorova, O. Korablev (IKI, Moscow), E. Quemerais, F. Montmessin (Service d'aeronomie, France), SPICAM Team

24.06 Dust and cloud layers observed by SPICAM using stellar occultation technique: Detection of unusually high altitude clouds

F. Montmessin, E. Quemerais, J.-L. Bertaux (Service d'Aeronomie)

24.07 A Mapping of Martian Water Vapor using OMEGA/Mars Express

T. Encrenaz, R. Melchiorri, T. Fouchet, P. Drossart, E. Lellouch (LESIA, Paris Obs., France), B. Gondet, J.-P. Bibring, Y. Langevin (IAS, Orsay, France), D. Titov (MPI, Lindau, Germany), N. Ignatiev (IKI, Moscow, Russia), F. Forget (LMD, Paris, France)

24.08 GRS Measurements of Ar in Mars' Atmosphere

A.L. Sprague, W.V. Boynton, K.E. Kerry, D.M. Janes, N.J. Kelly, M.K. Crombie, D.M. Hunten (LPL), S.M. Nelli, J.R. Murphy (NMSU), R.C. Reedy (UNM), A.E. Metzger (JPL)

24.09 New evidence for recent climate control as the source of the equatorial water equivalent hydrogen regions on Mars.

S.M. Nelli, J.R. Murphy (NMSU), W.C. Feldman (LANL)

24.10 The Mars 2 Micron Atmospheric CO2 Band: A Lower Atmosphere Thermometer

D. A. Glenar, W. C. Maguire, G. Bjoraker, M. Smith (NASA GSFC), D. Blaney (JPL)