Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

MARS ATMOSPHERE

InSight searches high to see below

Mars’s newest seismometer needed to separate marsquakes from meteorology. Continuous weather observations to keep it honest are revealing new facets of Mars’s churning atmosphere.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: The InSight lander on Mars.

NASA/JPL-Caltech

References

  1. Gutenberg, B. J. Atmos. Sci. (J. Meteorol.) 4, 21–28 (1947).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Toksöz, M. N. Rev. Geophys. Space Phys. 17, 1641–1662 (1979).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Banfield, D. et al. Nat. Geosci. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0534-0 (2020).

  4. Harri, A.-M. et al. J. Geophys. Res. Planets 119, 82–92 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Chapman, S. & Lindzen, R. S. Atmospheric Tides (Reidel Publishing, 1970).

  6. Haberle, R. M. et al. Icarus 307, 150–160 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Leovy, C. B. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 17, 387–413 (1979).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Medvedev, A. S., Yiğit, E., Hartogh, P. & Becker, E. J. Geophys. Res. 116, E10004 (2011).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Tolson, R. et al. J. Spacecr. Rockets 42, 435–443 (2005).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Nicholas Heavens.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Heavens, N. InSight searches high to see below. Nat. Geosci. 13, 180–181 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0549-6

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0549-6

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing