Ground-based high-resolution IR spectroscopy of Mars: H2O and H2O2 mapping, search for CH4, and determination of CO2 isotopic ratios

Thérèse Encrenaz(Janssen (France)), Bruno Bézard(Janssen (France)), T. K. Greathouse(Lunar and Planetary Institute), Sr. Nicholas H. Holmes, Matthew J. Richter(University of California, Davis), Dana Nuccitelli(University of California, Davis), J. H. Lacy, S. Lebonnois(Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique), Franck Lefèvre, Sushil K. Atreya, A. S. Wong, T. Owen, François Forget(Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique)
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
February 27, 2006
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Abstract

H2O2 has been proposed as an oxidizer of the martian regolith, which may have sterilized the soil down to a few meters below the surface (Bullock et al., 1994). In fact, photochemical models have predicted


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