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Publicación Restringido OClO, NO2 and O3 total column observations over Iceland during the winter 1993/94(AGU Publishing, 1996-11-15) Gil, M.; Puentedura, O.; Yela González, Margarita; Parrondo, María Concepción; Jadhav, D. B.; Thorkelsson, B.Ground-based observation of OClO, NO2, and O3 columns by differential UV-Visible spectroscopy at twilight during the fall winter of 1993/94 at the sub-Arctic station of Reykjavik (64°N, 23°W) are presented. Results show no direct evidence of ozone depletion during the period but significant amounts of OClO were observed in December and January when NO2 abundances were at the annual minimum. NO2 columns are found to be controlled by the hours of light available but highly modulated by the lower stratosphere temperature. OClO was observed outside the vortex as well, but only at times when NO2 was low.Publicación Restringido Design of a planetary protection cover for EMC testing of a spacial magnetic sensor(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019-10-17) Fernández Romero, S.; Parrondo, María Concepción; Díaz Michelena, Marina; Muñóz Rebate, I.; León Calero, Marina; Martín Iglesias, Santiago; Plaza Gallardo, Borja; Escot Bocanegra, D.; Poyatos Martinez, David; Jiménez Lorenzo, María; López Sanz, Daniel; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)This paper explains the research process carried out for the development and manufacture of the planetary protection cover for carrying out the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests of the an-isotropic magneto-resistance (AMR) sensor of the ExoMars 2020 mission. This mission has strict bioburden requirements. The electromagnetic properties of several materials have been analyzed in order to study their transmission coefficient and the innovation of this project is the use of fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology as manufacturing method. Additive manufacturing is presented as a promising technology in the field of radiofrequency since it can use a wide range of polymeric materials (thermoplastics) with low transmission coefficient. Observing the electromagnetic (EM) characterization results, it was decided to manufacture a protective cover using FDM technology, because it allows control over the grounding of the instrument and facilitates the integration, cleaning and protection against impacts during the manipulation, with great versatility and low cost. Finally, the cover has been verified during the acceptance EMC tests of the flight model AMR instrument.Publicación Restringido Unprecedented Arctic ozone loss in 2011(Springer Nature, 2011-10-02) Manney, Gloria; Santee, Michelle; Rex, Markus; Livesey, Nathaniel; Pitts, Michael; Veefkind, Pepijn; Nash, Eric; Wohltmann, Ingo; Lehmann, Ralph; Froidevaux, Lucien; Poole, Lamont; Schoeberl, Mark; Haffner, David; Davies, Jonathan; Dorokhov, Valery; Gernandt, Hartwig; Johnson, Bryan; Kivi, Rigel; Kyrö, Esko; Larsen, Niels; Levelt, Pieternel; Makshtas, Alexander; Mcelroy, Thomas; Nakajima, Hideaki; Parrondo, María Concepción; Tarasick, David; Von der Gathen, Peter; Walker, Kaley; Zinoviev, NikitaChemical ozone destruction occurs over both polar regions in local winter–spring. In the Antarctic, essentially complete removal of lower-stratospheric ozone currently results in an ozone hole every year, whereas in the Arctic, ozone loss is highly variable and has until now been much more limited. Here we demonstrate that chemical ozone destruction over the Arctic in early 2011 was—for the first time in the observational record—comparable to that in the Antarctic ozone hole. Unusually long-lasting cold conditions in the Arctic lower stratosphere led to persistent enhancement in ozone-destroying forms of chlorine and to unprecedented ozone loss, which exceeded 80 per cent over 18–20 kilometres altitude. Our results show that Arctic ozone holes are possible even with temperatures much milder than those in the Antarctic. We cannot at present predict when such severe Arctic ozone depletion may be matched or exceeded.Publicación Acceso Abierto Arctic winter 2005: Implications for stratospheric ozone loss and climate change(AGU Publishing, 2006-12-08) Rex, M.; Salawitch, R. J.; Deckelmann, H.; Von der Gathen, P.; Harris, N. R. P.; Chipperfield, M. P.; Naujokat, B.; Reimer, E.; Allaart, M.; Andersen, S. B.; Bevilacqua, R.; Braathen, Geir O.; Claude, H.; Davies, Jonathan; De Backer, H.; Dier, H.; Dorokhov, V.; Fast, H.; Gerding, M.; Godin Beekmann, S.; Hoppel, K.; Johnson, B.; Kyrö, Esko; Litynska, Z.; Moore, D.; Nakane, H.; Parrondo, María Concepción; Risley, A. D.; Skrivankova, P.; Stübi, R.; Viatte, P.; Yushkov, V.; Zerefos, C.[1] The Arctic polar vortex exhibited widespread regions of low temperatures during the winter of 2005, resulting in significant ozone depletion by chlorine and bromine species. We show that chemical loss of column ozone (ΔO3) and the volume of Arctic vortex air cold enough to support the existence of polar stratospheric clouds (VPSC) both exceed levels found for any other Arctic winter during the past 40 years. Cold conditions and ozone loss in the lowermost Arctic stratosphere (e.g., between potential temperatures of 360 to 400 K) were particularly unusual compared to previous years. Measurements indicate ΔO3 = 121 ± 20 DU and that ΔO3 versus VPSC lies along an extension of the compact, near linear relation observed for previous Arctic winters. The maximum value of VPSC during five to ten year intervals exhibits a steady, monotonic increase over the past four decades, indicating that the coldest Arctic winters have become significantly colder, and hence are more conducive to ozone depletion by anthropogenic halogens.Publicación Acceso Abierto The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A Suite of Environmental Sensors for the Mars 2020 Mission(Springer Link, 2021-04-13) Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A.; De la Torre Juárez, M.; Alonso, A.; Apéstigue, Víctor; Arruego, Ignacio; Atienza, T.; Banfield, D.; Boland, J.; Carrera, M. A.; Castañer, L.; Ceballos Cáceres, J.; Chen Chen, H.; Cobos, A.; Conrad, Pamela G.; Cordoba, E.; Del Río Gaztelurrutia, T.; Vicente Retortillo, Álvaro; Domínguez Pumar, M.; Espejo, S.; Fairén, Alberto G.; Fernández Palma, A.; Ferrándiz, Ricardo; Ferri, F.; Fischer, E.; García Manchado, A.; García Villadangos, M.; Genzer, María; Giménez, Á.; Gómez Elvira, J.; Gómez, Felipe; Guzewich, Scott; Harri, Ari-Matti; Hernández, C. D.; Hieta, M.; Hueso, R.; Jaakonaho, I.; Jiménez Martín, Juan José; Jiménez, V.; Larman, A.; Leiter, R.; Lepinette Malvitte, A.; Lemmon, M. T.; López, G.; Madsen, Soren N.; Mäkinen, T.; Marín Jiménez, M.; Martín Soler, J.; Martínez, Germán M.; Molina, A.; Mora Sotomayor, L.; Moreno Álvarez, J. F.; Navarro López, Sara; Newman, C. E.; Ortega, Cristina; Parrondo, María Concepción; Peinado, V.; Peña, A.; Pérez Grande, I. ; Pérez Hoyos, S.; Pla García, J.; Polkko, J.; Postigo, M.; Prieto-Ballesteros, Olga; Rafkin, Scot C. R.; Ramos, Miguel; Richardson, M. I.; Romeral, J.; Romero Guzmán, Catalina; Runyon, Kirby; Saiz López, A.; Sánchez Lavega, Agustín; Sard, I.; Schofield, J. T.; Sebastián, E.; Smith, Michael D.; Sullivan, Robert; Tamppari, L. K.; Thompson, A. D.; Toledo, D.; Torrero, F.; Torres, J.; Urquí, R.; Velasco, T.; Viúdez Moreiras, Daniel; Zurita, S.; Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); European Research Council (ERC); Gobierno Vasco; Rodríguez Manfredi, J. A. [0000-0003-0461-9815]; Saiz López, A. [0000-0002-0060-1581]; Chen, H. [0000-0001-9662-0308]; Pérez Hoyos, S. [0000-0002-2587-4682]NASA’s Mars 2020 (M2020) rover mission includes a suite of sensors to monitor current environmental conditions near the surface of Mars and to constrain bulk aerosol properties from changes in atmospheric radiation at the surface. The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) consists of a set of meteorological sensors including wind sensor, a barometer, a relative humidity sensor, a set of 5 thermocouples to measure atmospheric temperature at ∼1.5 m and ∼0.5 m above the surface, a set of thermopiles to characterize the thermal IR brightness temperatures of the surface and the lower atmosphere. MEDA adds a radiation and dust sensor to monitor the optical atmospheric properties that can be used to infer bulk aerosol physical properties such as particle size distribution, non-sphericity, and concentration. The MEDA package and its scientific purpose are described in this document as well as how it responded to the calibration tests and how it helps prepare for the human exploration of Mars. A comparison is also presented to previous environmental monitoring payloads landed on Mars on the Viking, Pathfinder, Phoenix, MSL, and InSight spacecraft.Publicación Acceso Abierto Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone by ozonesonde and lidar measurements(AGU Publishing, 2007-12-15) Jiang, T. B.; Froidevaux, L.; Lambert, A.; Livesey, N. J.; Read, W. G.; Waters, J. W.; Bojkov, B. ; Leblanc, T.; Mcdermid, I. S.; Godin-Beekmann, S.; Filipiak, M. J.; Harwood, R. S.; Fuller, R. A.; Daffer, W. H.; Drouin, B. J.; Cofield, R. E.; Cuddy, D. T.; Jarnot, R. F.; Knosp, B. W.; Perun, V. S.; Schwartz, M. J.; Snyder, W. V.; Stek, P. C.; Thurstans, R. P.; Wagner, P. A.; Allaart, M.; Andersen, S. B.; Bodeker, G.; Calpini, B.; Claude, H.; Coetzee, G.; Davies, Jonathan; De Backer, H.; Dier, H.; Fujiwara, M.; Johnson, B.; Kelder, H.; Leme, N. P.; König Langlo, G.; Kyrö, Esko; Laneve, G.; Fook, L. S.; Merrill, J.; Morris, G.; Newchurch, M.; Oltmans, S.; Parrondo, María Concepción; Posny, F.; Schmidlin, F.; Skrivankova, P.; Stubi, R.; Tarasick, D.; Thompson, A.; Thouret, V.; Viatte, P.; Vömel, H.; Von der Gathen, P.We present validation studies of MLS version 2.2 upper tropospheric and stratospheric ozone profiles using ozonesonde and lidar data as well as climatological data. Ozone measurements from over 60 ozonesonde stations worldwide and three lidar stations are compared with coincident MLS data. The MLS ozone stratospheric data between 150 and 3 hPa agree well with ozonesonde measurements, within 8% for the global average. MLS values at 215 hPa are biased high compared to ozonesondes by ∼20% at middle to high latitude, although there is a lot of variability in this altitude region. Comparisons between MLS and ground-based lidar measurements from Mauna Loa, Hawaii, from the Table Mountain Facility, California, and from the Observatoire de Haute-Provence, France, give very good agreement, within ∼5%, for the stratospheric values. The comparisons between MLS and the Table Mountain Facility tropospheric ozone lidar show that MLS data are biased high by ∼30% at 215 hPa, consistent with that indicated by the ozonesonde data. We obtain better global average agreement between MLS and ozonesonde partial column values down to 215 hPa, although the average MLS values at low to middle latitudes are higher than the ozonesonde values by up to a few percent. MLS v2.2 ozone data agree better than the MLS v1.5 data with ozonesonde and lidar measurements. MLS tropical data show the wave one longitudinal pattern in the upper troposphere, with similarities to the average distribution from ozonesondes. High upper tropospheric ozone values are also observed by MLS in the tropical Pacific from June to November.Publicación Acceso Abierto Arctic ozone loss in threshold conditions: Match observations in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999(American Geophysical Union, 2001-04-01) Schulz, Astrid; Rex, Markus; Harris, Neil R. P.; Braathen, Geir O. ; Reimer, E.; Alfier, R.; Kilbane Dawe, Iarla; Eckermann, Stephen; Allaart, Marc; Alpers, Matthias; Bojkov, B.; Cisneros Sanchiz, Juan María; Claude, H.; Cuevas Agulló, Emilio; Davies, Jonathan ; Backer, Hugo de; Dier, Horst; Dorokhov, Valery; Fast, Hans; Godin, Sophie; Johnson, B. J. ; Kois, Bogumil; Kondo, Yutaka; Kosmidis, Evangelos; Kyrö, Esko; Litynska, Z.; Mikkelsen, I. S.; Molyneux, M. J.; Murphy, Gerry; Nagai, T.; Nakane, Hideaki; O'Connor, Fiona M.; Parrondo, María Concepción; Schmidlin, Frank J.; Skrivánková, Pavla; Varotsos, Costas; Vialle, C.; Viatte, P.; Yushkov, Vladimir; Zerefos, Christos S.; Gathen, Peter von der; European Commission (EC)Chemical ozone loss rates inside the Arctic polar vortex were determined in early 1998 and early 1999 by using the Match technique based on coordinated ozonesonde measurements. These two winters provide the only opportunities in recent years to investigate chemical ozone loss in a warm Arctic vortex under threshold conditions, i.e., where the preconditions for chlorine activation, and hence ozone destruction, only occurred occasionally. In 1998, results were obtained in January and February between 410 and 520 K. The overall ozone loss was observed to be largely insignificant, with the exception of late February, when those air parcels exposed to temperatures below 195 K were affected by chemical ozone loss. In 1999, results are confined to the 475 K isentropic level, where no significant ozone loss was observed. Average temperatures were some 8°–10° higher than those in 1995, 1996, and 1997, when substantial chemical ozone loss occurred. The results underline the strong dependence of the chemical ozone loss on the stratospheric temperatures. This study shows that enhanced chlorine alone does not provide a sufficient condition for ozone loss. The evolution of stratospheric temperatures over the next decade will be the determining factor for the amount of wintertime chemical ozone loss in the Arctic stratosphere.Publicación Restringido Anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) instrument to study the Martian magnetic environment from the surface: expected scientific return(Springer Link, 2023-08-15) Díaz Michelena, Marina; Rivero Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel; Fernández Romero, Sergio; Adeli, Solmaz; Oliveira, Joana S.; Henrich, Clara; Aspás, Alberto; Parrondo, María Concepción; Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA); Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER (BSC), SEV2015-0493The ExoMars programme has the objective to answer to the question of whether life ever existed on Mars. The second mission comprising the Rosalind Franklin rover and Kazachok Surface Platform was designed to focus specifically on the characterization of the environmental parameters which can play an important role for the existence of life on the surface of the planet. One of these parameters is the magnetic field because of its ability of shielding the solar and cosmic radiation. For such characterization, the scientific suite of the Surface Platform counts with two instruments: the Anisotropic MagnetoResistance (AMR) and the MArtIan Ground ElectromagneTic (MAIGRET) instruments. The AMR goal is to characterize both the surface and subsurface and the time-varying magnetic fields, related to the crustal and the external fields respectively, at the ExoMars landing site in Oxia Planum. The operation to achieve these goals includes two phases, the first phase corresponding to the lander descent and the second phase in which the instrument is deployed on the surface. In this work, we simulate the first operations phase using synthetic magnetic field models, assuming that the different crustal units at the landing site might be magnetized. We also perform measurements in our laboratory to simulate the second phase operation of the instrument on the Martian surface. We discuss the capability of interpretation of the instrument, based on the available information of the landing site and the results from our models.Publicación Acceso Abierto Mid-winter lower stratosphere temperatures in the Antarctic vortex: comparison between observations and ECMWF and NCEP operational models(EGU European Geosciences Union, 2007-01-24) Parrondo, María Concepción; Yela González, Margarita; Gil, M.; Von der Gathen, P.; Ochoa, H.Radiosonde temperature profiles from Belgrano (78° S) and other Antarctic stations have been compared with European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) and National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) operational analyses during the winter of 2003. Results show good agreement between radiosondes and NCEP and a bias in the ECMWF model which is height and temperature dependent, being up to 3°C too cold at 80 and 25–30 hPa, and hence resulting in an overestimation of the predicted potential PSC areas. Here we show the results of the comparison and discuss the potential implications that this bias might have on the ozone depletion computed by Chemical Transport Models based on ECMWF temperature fields, after rejecting the possibility of a bias in the sondes at extreme low temperatures.Publicación Acceso Abierto Chemical ozone loss in the Arctic winter 2002/2003 determined with Match(EGU European Geosciences Union, 2006-07-10) Streibel, M.; Rex, M.; Von der Gathen, P.; Lehmann, R.; Harris, N. R. P.; Braathen, Geir O.; Reimer, E.; Deckelmann, H.; Chipperfield, M.; Millard, G.; Allaart, M.; Andersen, S. B.; Claude, H.; Davies, Jonathan; De Backer, H.; Dier, H.; Dorokov, V.; Fast, H.; Gerding, M.; Kyrö, Esko; Litynska, Z.; Moore, D.; Moran, E.; Nagai, T.; Nakane, H.; Parrondo, María Concepción; Skrivankova, P.; Stübi, R.; Vaughan, G.; Viatte, P.; Yushkov, V.The Match technique was used to determine chemically induced ozone loss inside the stratospheric vortex during the Arctic winter 2002/2003. From end of November 2002, which is the earliest start of a Match campaign ever, until end of March 2003 approximately 800 ozonesondes were launched from 34 stations in the Arctic and mid latitudes. Ozone loss rates were quantified from the beginning of December until mid-March in the vertical region of 400–550 K potential temperature. In accordance with the occurrence of a large area of conditions favourable for the formation of polar stratospheric clouds in December ozone destruction rates varied between 10–15 ppbv/day depending on height. Maximum loss rates around 35 ppbv/day were reached during late January. Afterwards ozone loss rates decreased until mid-March when the final warming of the vortex began. In the period from 2 December 2002 to 16 March 2003 the accumulated ozone loss reduced the partial ozone column of 400–500 K potential temperature by 56±4 DU. This value is in good agreement with that inferred from the empirical relation of ozone loss against the volume of potential polar stratospheric clouds within the northern hemisphere. The sensitivity of the results on recent improvements of the approach has been tested.
