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Analytical Approximations of the Characteristics of Nighttime Hydroxyl on Mars and Intra-Annual Variations

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Observations of vibrationally excited hydroxyl (OH*) emissions are widely used to obtain information about the dynamics and composition of the atmosphere. We present some analytical approximations for the characteristics of the hydroxyl layer in the Martian atmosphere such as OH* concentration at the maximum and height of the maximum, as well as relations for estimating the influence of various factors on the OH* layer in night conditions. These characteristics depend on the temperature of the environment, concentration of atomic oxygen, and their vertical gradients. The relations are applied to the results of numerical modeling using the global atmospheric circulation model for prediction of seasonal behavior of the hydroxyl layer on Mars. Annual and intra-annual variations in the concentration of excited hydroxyl and layer height from the modeling data have both some similarities with those of the Earth and significant differences. The concentration and height maximum in the equatorial, northern and southern midlatitudes vary depending on the season; the maximum concentration and the minimum height fall on the first half of the year. Model calculations confirmed the presence of the peak OH* concentration at polar latitudes in winter at an altitude of approximately 50 km with the volume emission densities of 2.1, 1.4, and 0.6 × 104 photons cm–3 s–1 for vibrational level transitions 1–0, 2–1, and 2–0, respectively. The relations obtained may be used for the analysis of measurements and interpretation of their variations.

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The MCD data are available at http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/. The calculation results are published and available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5941499.

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Shaposhnikov, D.S., Grigalashvili, M., Medvedev, A.S. et al. Analytical Approximations of the Characteristics of Nighttime Hydroxyl on Mars and Intra-Annual Variations. Sol Syst Res 57, 1–13 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094623010057

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