LIDAR for Investigation of the Martian Atmosphere from the Surface

A. N. Lipatov; Липатов А. Н.; A. N. Lyash; Ляш А. Н.; A. P. Ekonomov; Экономов А. П.; V. S. Makarov; Макаров В. С.; V. A. Lesnykh; Лесных В. А.; V. A. Goretov; Горетов В. А.; G. V. Zakharkin; Захаркин Г. В.; L. I. Khlyustova; Хлюстова Л. И.; S. A. Antonenko; Антоненко С. А.; D. S. Rodionov; Родионов Д. С.; O. I. Korablev; Кораблев О. И.

doi:10.31857/S0320930X23040096

LIDAR for Investigation of the Martian Atmosphere from the Surface

Authors: Lipatov A.N.¹, Lyash A.N.¹, Ekonomov A.P.¹, Makarov V.S.¹, Lesnykh V.A.¹, Goretov V.A.¹, Zakharkin G.V.¹, Khlyustova L.I.¹, Antonenko S.A.¹, Rodionov D.S.¹, Korablev O.I.²
Affiliations:
1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2. Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Issue: Vol 57, No 4 (2023)
Pages: 342-356
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0320-930X/article/view/134981
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0320930X23040096
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/REWIMK
ID: 134981

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The lidar device as part of the meteorological complex of the ExoMars-2022 landing platform is designed to study Martian aerosol, the planetary boundary layer, and small-scale atmospheric turbulence. A miniature lidar based on a pulsed semiconductor laser and an avalanche photodiode in the photon counting mode will make it possible to obtain aerosol backscattering profiles along a vertical path from 10 to 1500 m during the day and from 15 to 10000 m at night. In the passive mode, the sky brightness is measured in a narrow spectral range and in a narrow solid angle with a frequency of up to hundreds of hertz. The measured fluctuations can provide information about the turbulence of the daytime atmosphere and its relation to dust activity. In the paper we considered the scientific tasks of the experiment, the program of measurements on the surface of Mars and described in detail the components of the equipment and the features of their work.

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Mars, dust, clouds, planetary boundary layer, turbulence, laser, avalanche photodiode, backscatter coefficient

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