Mars Climate Sounder and Mars. Computer illustration of the Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter measuring the temperature of a cross-section of the Martian atmosphere as the orbiter passes above the south polar region. The Mars Climate Sounder is an infrared radiometer that can detect temperatures at different elevations above the surface of the planet. Multiple measurements have recorded atmospheric temperatures at different times of day on both the sunlit (daytime) and dark (nighttime) portions of the planet. This indicates that temperatures rise and fall not just once a day,as might be expected from simple warming by the sun,but twice,with a rise during the nighttime as well as during daytime. Researchers have | |
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