PIA05271: The Heat Below


The Heat Below

Caption:

This graph shows that the air 30 meters above the surface of Mars at Gusev Crater, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site, is hotter and fluctuates in temperature to a larger degree than the air higher up at 500 meters. These data, acquired by the rover's miniature thermal emission spectrometer, help scientists understand how the bottom layer of air closest to the surface behaves and interacts with global winds.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Spirit (MER-A)
Host Type Rover
Instrument Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-02-12
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05271
Identifier PIA05271