An evidence of rapid hydrogen chloride uptake on water ice in the atmosphere of Mars
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| author | Luginin, Mikhail Trokhimovskiy, Alexander Taysum, Benjamin Fedorova, Anna A. Korablev, Oleg Olsen, Kevin S. Montmessin, Franck Lefèvre, Franck |
| author_facet | Luginin, Mikhail Trokhimovskiy, Alexander Taysum, Benjamin Fedorova, Anna A. Korablev, Oleg Olsen, Kevin S. Montmessin, Franck Lefèvre, Franck |
| contents | In 2020, hydrogen chloride (HCl) in the gas phase was discovered in the atmosphere of Mars with the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) onboard the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission (Korablev et al., 2021). Its volume mixing ratio (VMR) shows a seasonal increase of up to 5 ppbv during the perihelion season, followed by a sudden drop to undetectable levels, contradicting previous estimations of the HCl lifetime of several months. In the Earth's stratosphere, heterogeneous uptake of HCl onto water ice is known to be a major sink for this species. Modelling of associated chemistry involving heterogeneous reactions indicates that H2O ice becomes the most effective sink for HCl above 20 km with the characteristic time shorter than 12 hours. In this work, we use simultaneous measurements of water ice particles and HCl abundance obtained by the ACS instrument and show particular structures in the vertical profiles, forming detached layers of gas at the ice free altitudes ('ice-holes'). We demonstrate that the heterogeneous uptake of HCl onto water ice operates on Mars and is potentially a major mechanism regulating the HCl abundance in the atmosphere of Mars. |
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| spellingShingle | An evidence of rapid hydrogen chloride uptake on water ice in the atmosphere of Mars Luginin, Mikhail Trokhimovskiy, Alexander Taysum, Benjamin Fedorova, Anna A. Korablev, Oleg Olsen, Kevin S. Montmessin, Franck Lefèvre, Franck Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics In 2020, hydrogen chloride (HCl) in the gas phase was discovered in the atmosphere of Mars with the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) onboard the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission (Korablev et al., 2021). Its volume mixing ratio (VMR) shows a seasonal increase of up to 5 ppbv during the perihelion season, followed by a sudden drop to undetectable levels, contradicting previous estimations of the HCl lifetime of several months. In the Earth's stratosphere, heterogeneous uptake of HCl onto water ice is known to be a major sink for this species. Modelling of associated chemistry involving heterogeneous reactions indicates that H2O ice becomes the most effective sink for HCl above 20 km with the characteristic time shorter than 12 hours. In this work, we use simultaneous measurements of water ice particles and HCl abundance obtained by the ACS instrument and show particular structures in the vertical profiles, forming detached layers of gas at the ice free altitudes ('ice-holes'). We demonstrate that the heterogeneous uptake of HCl onto water ice operates on Mars and is potentially a major mechanism regulating the HCl abundance in the atmosphere of Mars. |
| title | An evidence of rapid hydrogen chloride uptake on water ice in the atmosphere of Mars |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07209 |