Sentences with phrase «for traces of methane»
From October 2012 to June 2013, Curiosity used its Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) six times to search for traces of methane in the Martian atmosphere.
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The main objectives of this mission are to search for evidence of methane and other trace atmospheric gases that could be signatures of active biological or geological processes and to test key technologies in preparation for ESA's contribution to subsequent missions to Mars.
In addition to the isotope concentration, the air bubbles trapped in the ice cores allow for measurement of the atmospheric concentrations of trace gases, including greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
Spacecraft were not detecting all of the spectroscopic signatures of the gas, for example, and ground - based observers had to contend with interference from methane and other trace gases in Earth's atmosphere.
The climate models as described here won't produce glacial / interglacial cycles if run for a long time, and that is because they treat the atmospheric content of trace IR - absorbing gases (CO2, methane and N2O) as external forcings.
For the authors of the paper to assess the spectral results against theory they needed to know the atmospheric profile of temperature and humidity, as well as changes in the well - studied trace gases like CO2 and methane.