MicroMED, design of a particle analyzer for Mars

Airborne dust monitoring is crucial to characterize Martian atmosphere’ thermal structure, balance and dynamics. In order to achieve this objective, the MicroMED instrument has been selected to join the Dust Suite payload within the ExoMars 2020 mission. The particle analyzer is mainly developed to...

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Published inMeasurement : journal of the International Measurement Confederation Vol. 122; pp. 466 - 472
Main Authors Scaccabarozzi, Diego, Saggin, Bortolino, Pagliara, Christian, Magni, Marianna, Tarabini, Marco, Esposito, Francesca, Molfese, Cesare, Cozzolino, Fabio, Cortecchia, Fausto, Dolnikov, Gennady, Kuznetsov, Ilia, Lyash, Andrew, Zakharov, Alexander
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2018
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Atmosphere
Dust
ExoMars 2020 mission
Mars
Mars atmosphere
Mars dust
Mars missions
Measurement
MicroMED
Monitoring systems
Particle analyzer
Pumps
ExoMars 2020 mission
Measurement
Mars
Particle analyzer
Dust
MicroMED
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Summary:Airborne dust monitoring is crucial to characterize Martian atmosphere’ thermal structure, balance and dynamics. In order to achieve this objective, the MicroMED instrument has been selected to join the Dust Suite payload within the ExoMars 2020 mission. The particle analyzer is mainly developed to characterize the dust on Mars but, the instrument is suitable to be mounted on different landers or rovers thanks to the limited mass and size. In this study, the design of the instrument has been reported as long as preliminary testing in representative environment of a mockup of the pumping system.
ISSN:0263-2241
1873-412X
DOI:10.1016/j.measurement.2017.12.041