Thèse soutenue

Senseur d'épaisseur optique pour la mesure de la poussière et des nuages dans l'atmosphère de Mars : simulations de transfert radiative et validation sur terre

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Auteur / Autrice : Thê Trung Trân
Direction : Jean-Pierre Pommereau
Type : Thèse de doctorat
Discipline(s) : Astrophysique
Date : Soutenance en 2005
Etablissement(s) : Versailles-St Quentin en Yvelines

Résumé

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The central subject of this thesis is theoretical and experimental works in preparation of ODS (Optical Depth Sensor) which intends to measure Martian aerosol and cirrus opacities. Three principles results have been achieved. First, two radiative transfer simulation models have been developed for the spherical atmosphere; a Monte-Carlo code which is accurate, robust but slow and a SHDO method which give somewhat approximated results with rapidity. These two models are important for analyzing cirrus from ODS observation at twilight. The second achievement of the thesis is the definition of the procedure of ODS data inversion, namely selecting model with known atmospheric parameters among pre-simulated database that best fit observation. This procedure has been applied to the analysis of the theoretical performance of ODS in Martian conditions which leads immediately to the optimization for ODS choice of spectral filters. Finally, the scientific concept and inversion procedure have been verified during experimental works in Martian-analog condition at West Africa, where measurement of aerosol optical depth agree with the well established AERONET data.