Martian north polar cap summer water cycle
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.03487
- Publication Date
- May 10, 2016
- Source
- SETI Institute
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
A key outstanding question in Martian science is are the polar caps gaining or losing mass and what are the implications for past, current and future climate? To address this question, we use observations from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) of the north polar cap during late summer for multiple Martian years, to monitor the summertime water cycle in order to place quantitative limits on the amount of water ice deposited and sublimed in late summer.
