Physical properties of the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites as inferred from Mini‐TES–derived thermal inertia

By Robin L. Fergason, Philip R. Christensen, James F. Bell III, M. Golombek, K. Herkenhoff, Hugh H. Kieffer. 2006

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Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Gusev crater: Wind‐related features and processes observed by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit (2006, methodology): “The MiniTES thermal inertias for the soils average 175 ± 25 J m2 K1 s1/2 [ Fergason et al., 2006 ] along the traverse from CMS Table 1. Rock Distributions and Derived Aerodynamic Roughness, z0”
Global investigation of olivine on Mars: Insights into crust and mantle compositions (2013, background): “These values are typical of Martian low albedo mafic regions and consistent with sandy soils [Fergason et al., 2006].”
Apparent thermal inertia and the surface heterogeneity of Mars (2007, methodology): “…determined from visible-band observations and as derived from temperature data in tandem with thermal inertia (Kieffer et al., 1977; Palluconi and Kieffer, 1981; Fergason et al., 2006a, 2006b) are also suggestive of surface heterogeneity, but have never been fully explained (Hayashi et al., 1995).”
High-resolution thermal inertia derived from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS): Thermal model and applications (2006, background): “…not provide a unique 147characterization of the surface physical characteristics 148[Christensen, 1982], but does provide significant insight 149into the physical nature of the surface and is uniquely 150related to an effective particle size [e.g., Kieffer et al., 1511973; Fergason et al., 2006].”
On aeolian transport: Grain-scale interactions, dynamical mechanisms and scaling laws (2011, background): “The rough estimates of grain size on dunes, based on thermal diffusion, overestimate this observation by a factor of two (Fenton, 2003; Fenton and Mellon, 2006; Fergason et al., 2006; Jerolmack et al., 2006).”