Mars Wind Currents Reveal a Surprising Feature
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- Visualizations by:
- Jonathan North and
- Greg Shirah
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Mehdi Benna
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By measuring windspeed and direction in the Mars upper atmosphere, MAVEN has discovered that high-altitude wind currents are being disturbed by terrain features far below.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/University of Michigan
Universal Production Music: “Glacial Shifts” by James Joshua Otto
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Complete transcript available.
MAVEN is the first spacecraft specifically designed to study the Mars upper atmosphere, in order to better understand the evolution of its climate. Now, scientists have analyzed several years of data from MAVEN’s NGIMS instrument and produced the first map of wind currents in the Martian thermosphere (a layer of the upper atmosphere). This map led to an unexpected and surprising discovery – disturbances in high-altitude wind currents on Mars are caused by terrain features such as mountains and valleys on the planet’s surface.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/University of Michigan
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Animators
- Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- John Blackwell (LPI)
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Data visualizer
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Visualizers
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Mehdi Benna (UMBC) [Lead]
- Kali Roeten (University of Michigan)
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Art director
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Narrator
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Support
- Paul Mahaffy (NASA/GSFC)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Principal investigator
- Bruce Jakosky (LASP)
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