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Micro Weather Stations for MarsA global network of weather stations will be needed to characterize the near-surface environment on Mars. Here, we review the scientific and measurement objectives of this network. We also show how these objectives can be met within the cost-constrained Mars Surveyor Program by augmenting the Mars Pathfinder-derived landers with large numbers of very small (less than 5 liter), low-mass (less than 5 kg), low-power, low-cost Mini-meteorological stations. Each station would include instruments for measuring atmospheric. pressures, temperatures, wind velocities, humidity, and airborne dust abundance. They would also include a data handling, telemetry, power, atmospheric entry, and deployment systems in a rugged package capable of direct entry and a high-impact landing. In this paper, we describe these systems and summarize the data-taking strategies and data volumes needed to achieve the surface meteorology objectives for Mars.
Document ID
19970005461
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1016/0094-5765(94)00206-2
Authors
Crisp, David (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Kaiser, William J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
VanZandt, Thomas R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Hoenk, Michael E. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Tillman, James E. (Washington Univ. Seattle, WA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Acta Astronautica
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 35
Issue: Supplemet
ISSN: 0094-5765
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:203016
NASA-CR-203016
Accession Number
97N13322
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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