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Tag Archives: Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
2018 global dust storm according to Curiosity’s REMS instrument in Gale Crater
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Daniel Viúdez‐Moreiras and 14 co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Effects of the MY34/2018 Global Dust Storm as Measured by MSL REMS in Gale Crater • Atmospheric opacity over Gale Crater … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, Curiosity, Gale Crater, global dust storm, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, relative humidity, REMS, Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
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Opportunity: Dust storm going global, rover likely in deep-sleep for weeks until skies clear
[Ed. note: Video replay of the briefing here, and a new NASA web page, Mars Storm Watch, here.] NASA scientists reported today that dust in the skies over Opportunity is thicker than ever seen before from the surface, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Endeavour Crater, global dust storms, MARCI, Mars Climate Sounder, Mars Color Imager, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, MCS, MER, MRO, MSL, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, REMS, Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
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