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Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater
(Springer Link, 2020-12-14) Pla García, J.; Rafkin, S. C. R.; Martinez, G. M.; Vicente Retortillo, Á.; Newman, C. E.; Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A.; Gómez, F.; Molina, A.; Viúdez Moreiras, Daniel; Harri, Ari-Matti; Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
The Mars Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (MRAMS) and a nested simulation of the Mars Weather Research and Forecasting model (MarsWRF) are used to predict the local meteorological conditions at the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site inside Jezero crater (Mars). These predictions are complemented with the COmplutense and MIchigan MArs Radiative Transfer model (COMIMART) and with the local Single Column Model (SCM) to further refine predictions of radiative forcing and the water cycle respectively. The primary objective is to facilitate interpretation of the meteorological measurements to be obtained by the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) aboard the rover, but also to provide predictions of the meteorological phenomena and seasonal changes that might impact operations, from both a risk perspective and from the perspective of being better prepared to make certain measurements. A full diurnal cycle at four different seasons (L-s 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees) is investigated. Air and ground temperatures, pressure, wind speed and direction, surface radiative fluxes and moisture data are modeled. The good agreement between observations and modeling in prior works [Pla-Garcia et al. in Icarus 280:103-113, 2016; Newman et al. in Icarus 291:203-231, 2017; Vicente-Retortillo et al. in Sci. Rep. 8(1):1-8, 2018; Savijarvi et al. in Icarus, 2020] provides confidence in utilizing these models results to predict the meteorological environment at Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site inside Jezero crater. The data returned by MEDA will determine the extent to which this confidence was justified.
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The MetNet vehicle: a lander to deploy environmental stations for local and global investigations of Mars
(European Geoscience Union (EGU), 2017-02-24) Harri, Ari-Matti; Pichkadze, K.; Zeleny, L.; Vázquez, L.; Schmidt, W.; Alexashkin, S.; Korablev, O.; Guerrero, H.; Heilimo, J.; Uspensky, M.; Finchenko, V.; Linkin, V.; Arruego, I.; Genzer, M.; Lipatov, A.; Polkko, J.; Paton, M.; Savijärvi, H.; Haukka, H.; Siili, T.; Khovanskov, V.; Ostesko, B.; Poroshin, A.; Díaz Michelena, M.; Siikonen, T.; Palin, M.; Vorontsov, V.; Polyakov, A.; Valero, F.; Kemppinen, O.; Leinonen, J.; Romero, P.; Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland); Russian Space Research Institute; Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA); Lavochkin Association (Russia); Harri, A. M. [0000-0001-8541-2802]; Schmidt, W. [0000-0002-8210-3868]; Korablev, O. [0000-0003-1115-0656]; Genzer, M. [0000-0002-3971-0152]; Haukka, H. [0000-0001-7653-5114]
nvestigations of global and related local phenomena on Mars such as atmospheric circulation patterns, boundary layer phenomena, water, dust and climatological cycles and investigations of the planetary interior would benefit from simultaneous, distributed in situ measurements. Practically, such an observation network would require low-mass landers, with a high packing density, so a large number of landers could be delivered to Mars with the minimum number of launchers. The Mars Network Lander (MetNet Lander; MNL), a small semi-hard lander/penetrator design with a payload mass fraction of approximately 17 %, has been developed, tested and prototyped. The MNL features an innovative Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS) that is based on inflatable structures. The EDLS is capable of decelerating the lander from interplanetary transfer trajectories down to a surface impact speed of 50–70 m s−1 with a deceleration of < 500 g for < 20 ms. The total mass of the prototype design is ≈ 24 kg, with ≈ 4 kg of mass available for the payload. The EDLS is designed to orient the penetrator for a vertical impact. As the payload bay will be embedded in the surface materials, the bay's temperature excursions will be much less than if it were fully exposed on the Martian surface, allowing a reduction in the amount of thermal insulation and savings on mass. The MNL is well suited for delivering meteorological and atmospheric instruments to the Martian surface. The payload concept also enables the use of other environmental instruments. The small size and low mass of a MNL makes it ideally suited for piggy-backing on larger spacecraft. MNLs are designed primarily for use as surface networks but could also be used as pathfinders for high-value landed missions.