Vertical Structure of the Martian Atmosphere: The View from Mars Express
Abstract Launched in 2003, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express (MEX) has been orbiting Mars for 20 years and its instruments have performed continuous monitoring of the conditions in the Martian atmosphere, providing one of the most complete datasets of atmospheric parameters ever collected for Mars. This article provides an overview of the observations of the vertical structure of the Martian atmosphere performed by MEx, which led to the identification of peculiar phenomena that affect the atmospheric circulation and dynamics on different scales, from local to regional and global.
Authors
- Loïc Trompet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6259-2054)
- M. Giuranna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8967-9184)
- M. Pätzold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-856X)
- Franck Montmessin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4187-1457)
- Oleg Korablev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-0656)
- P. Wolkenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6769-3719)
- S. Tellmann
- Denis Belyaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1123-5983)
- M. Á. López‐Valverde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7989-4267)
- F. Forget
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Polytechnique (FR)
- Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BE)
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (FR)
- Space Research Institute (RU)
- École Normale Supérieure - PSL (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (FR)
- Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IT)
- Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (DE)
- Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales (FR)
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Space Science Reviews
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01155-9
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.46
Funders
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
- State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS
- H2020 Excellent Science
- HORIZON EUROPE Reforming and enhancing the European Research and Innovation system