Open AccessVariabilidad estacional e interanual de la radiación solar en las coordenadas de aterrizaje de Spirit, Opportunity y Curiosity
Author(s) -
Á. VicenteRetortillo,
M. T. Lemmon,
Claire Newman,
Francisco Valero,
Luis Vázquez,
Ma Luisa Martı́n
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
física de la tierra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1698-3254
pISSN - 0214-4557
DOI - 10.5209/rev_fite.2016.v28.53900
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , radiative transfer , opacity , environmental science , physics , astrobiology , optics
In this article we characterize the radiative environment at the landing sites of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) missions. We use opacity values obtained at the surface from direct imaging of the Sun and our radiative transfer model COMIMART to analyze the seasonal and interannual variability of the daily irradiation at the MER and MSL landing sites. In addition, we analyze the behavior of the direct and diffuse components of the solar radiation at these landing sites