Strong Release of Methane on Mars in Northern Summer 2003

By M. Mumma, Geronimo L. Villanueva, R. Novak, T. Hewagama, B. Bonev, M. DiSanti, A. Mandell, Michael D. Smith. Science, 2009

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change

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Mapping the methane on Mars (2010, background): “Very recently a spatially resolved detection of methane, obtained using ground-based high-resolution spectral measurements of the R0 and R1 methane lines of the Q-branch at 3029 and 3039 cm−1 has been reported over Nili Fossae (Mumma et al. 2009).”
Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation (2012, background): “MSL will also be able to evaluate the concentration and isotopic composition of potentially biogenic atmospheric gases such as methane, which may be present in the modern atmosphere (Atreya et al. 2007; Mumma et al. 2009).”
Outgassing History and Escape of the Martian Atmosphere and Water Inventory (2015, background): “…from both Earth and spacecraft in orbit around Mars (Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on Mars Express, Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) on Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)) at an average ∼10–20 ppb level (Krasnopolsky et al. 2004; Formisano et al. 2004; Mumma et al. 2009; Fonti and Marzo 2010).”
The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite (2012, methodology): “…2003 and 2006 with the Cryogenic Echelle Spectrograph (CSHELL) at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and the Near Infrared Echelle Spectrograph (NIRSPEC) on the Keck II telescope, Mumma et al. (2009) reported that, when present, methane was found in large quantities in localized plumes.”
PHOTOCHEMISTRY IN TERRESTRIAL EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES. I. PHOTOCHEMISTRY MODEL AND BENCHMARK CASES (2012, background): “Rapid variation (over several years) of the amount of CH4 in Mars’ atmosphere has been reported (e.g., Mumma et al. 2009), but the modeling of coupled general circulation and gas-phase chemistry find no known gas-phase chemistry path that allow such a rapid removal (e.g., Lefèvre & Forget 2009).”
The Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) of Three Spectrometers for the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter (2018, background): “…to carry a powerful set of atmospheric instruments to establish a detailed inventory of the trace gases existing in the Martian atmosphere as a response to the putative presence of methane, initially reported by the FKM group (Formisano et al. 2004; Krasnopolsky et al. 2004; and Mumma et al. 2009).”