TY - JOUR
T1 - NOMAD, an Integrated Suite of Three Spectrometers for the ExoMars Trace Gas Mission
T2 - Technical Description, Science Objectives and Expected Performance
AU - The NOMAD Team
AU - Vandaele, Ann Carine
AU - Lopez-Moreno, J. J.
AU - Patel, M. R.
AU - Bellucci, Giancarlo
AU - Daerden, Frank
AU - Ristic, Bojan
AU - Robert, Séverine
AU - Thomas, Ian R.
AU - Wilquet, Valerie
AU - Allen, Mark
AU - Alonso-Rodrigo, Gustavo
AU - Altieri, Francesca
AU - Aoki, Shohei
AU - Bolsée, David
AU - Clancy, Todd
AU - Cloutis, Edward
AU - Depiesse, Cédric
AU - Drummond, Rachel
AU - Fedorova, Anna
AU - Formisano, Vittorio
AU - Funke, Bernd
AU - González-Galindo, F.
AU - Geminale, Anna
AU - Gérard, Jean Claude
AU - Giuranna, Marco
AU - Hetey, Laszlo
AU - Ignatiev, Nicolai
AU - Kaminski, Jacek
AU - Karatekin, Ozgur
AU - Kasaba, Yasumasa
AU - Leese, Mark
AU - Lefèvre, Franck
AU - Lewis, Stephen R.
AU - López-Puertas, Manuel
AU - López-Valverde, Miguel
AU - Mahieux, Arnaud
AU - Mason, Jon
AU - McConnell, J.
AU - Mumma, Mike
AU - Neary, Lori
AU - Neefs, Eddy
AU - Renotte, Etienne
AU - Rodriguez-Gomez, Julio
AU - Sindoni, Giuseppe
AU - Smith, Mike
AU - Stiepen, Arnaud
AU - Trokhimovsky, Alexander
AU - Vander Auwera, Jean
AU - Villanueva, Geronimo
AU - Viscardy, Sébastien
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The NOMAD experiment is led by the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), assisted by Co-PI teams from Spain (IAA-CSIC), Italy (INAF-IAPS), and the United Kingdom (Open University). This project acknowledges funding by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), with the financial and contractual coordination by the ESA Prodex Office (PEA 4000103401, 4000121493), by Spanish MICINN through its Plan Nacional and by European funds under grant ESP2015-65064-C2-1-P (MINECO/FEDER), as well as by UK Space Agency through grants ST/R005761/1, ST/P001262/1, ST/R001405/1 and ST/R001405/1 and Italian Space Agency through grant 2018-2-HH.0. The research was performed as part of the “Excellence of Science” project “Evolution and Tracers of Habitability on Mars and the Earth” (30442502). SA acknowledge support from the FNRS, Be.
Funding Information:
The NOMAD experiment is led by the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), assisted by Co-PI teams from Spain (IAA-CSIC), Italy (INAF-IAPS), and the United Kingdom (Open University). This project acknowledges funding by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), with the financial and contractual coordination by the ESA Prodex Office (PEA 4000103401, 4000121493), by Spanish MICINN through its Plan Nacional and by European funds under grant ESP2015-65064-C2-1-P (MINECO/FEDER), as well as by UK Space Agency through grants ST/R005761/1, ST/P001262/1, ST/R001405/1 and ST/R001405/1 and Italian Space Agency through grant 2018-2-HH.0. The research was performed as part of the “Excellence of Science” project “Evolution and Tracers of Habitability on Mars and the Earth” (30442502). SA acknowledge support from the FNRS, Be. ExoMars-16 Edited by Håkan Svedhem and Christopher T. Russell
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - The NOMAD (“Nadir and Occultation for MArs Discovery”) spectrometer suite on board the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has been designed to investigate the composition of Mars’ atmosphere, with a particular focus on trace gases, clouds and dust. The detection sensitivity for trace gases is considerably improved compared to previous Mars missions, compliant with the science objectives of the TGO mission. This will allow for a major leap in our knowledge and understanding of the Martian atmospheric composition and the related physical and chemical processes. The instrument is a combination of three spectrometers, covering a spectral range from the UV to the mid-IR, and can perform solar occultation, nadir and limb observations. In this paper, we present the science objectives of the instrument and explain the technical principles of the three spectrometers. We also discuss the expected performance of the instrument in terms of spatial and temporal coverage and detection sensitivity.
AB - The NOMAD (“Nadir and Occultation for MArs Discovery”) spectrometer suite on board the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has been designed to investigate the composition of Mars’ atmosphere, with a particular focus on trace gases, clouds and dust. The detection sensitivity for trace gases is considerably improved compared to previous Mars missions, compliant with the science objectives of the TGO mission. This will allow for a major leap in our knowledge and understanding of the Martian atmospheric composition and the related physical and chemical processes. The instrument is a combination of three spectrometers, covering a spectral range from the UV to the mid-IR, and can perform solar occultation, nadir and limb observations. In this paper, we present the science objectives of the instrument and explain the technical principles of the three spectrometers. We also discuss the expected performance of the instrument in terms of spatial and temporal coverage and detection sensitivity.
KW - Composition
KW - Dust
KW - ExoMars
KW - Infrared
KW - Mars atmosphere
KW - Methane
KW - Nadir observations
KW - Solar occultation
KW - Spectroscopy
KW - Ultraviolet
KW - Visible
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U2 - 10.1007/s11214-018-0517-2
DO - 10.1007/s11214-018-0517-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85048800680
SN - 0038-6308
VL - 214
JO - Space Science Reviews
JF - Space Science Reviews
IS - 5
M1 - 80
ER -