Measuring Mars Atmospheric Winds from Orbit
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Scott D Guzewich↗
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Balloon Flight for NephEx: A Nephelometer for Probing Planetary Atmospheres
NephEx (Nephelometer Experiment) was successfully tested in a weather balloon flight by Raven Aerostar, North Dakota in June 2021.The flight took in-situ measurements and recorded data from launch to >20 km and during all of descent(Figure 1). The flight data successfully detected super-cirrus clouds up to altitudes of 15 km and boundary layer haze. Successful testing of this instrument has brought the instrument to TRL-5 status. NephEx is capable of making direct measurement of clouds on other planets, size of particles and their concentration.
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