Mars Phoenix Lander Weather Reports

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander carrying Canada's meteorological station successfully touched down on the Red Planet on May 25, 2008 at 7:53 p.m. EDT.

Its Canadian weather station is studying the arctic region of Mars. The instruments are measuring pressure and temperature, assessing local climate patterns as well as dust, clouds, and fog in the lower atmosphere.

The Phoenix mission is a showcase for Canadian technology and scientific expertise and will inspire Canadians of all ages to learn more about science and technology.

Current Weather Report

How Weather Reports are obtained

The Mars Weather reports are obtained from the Candian Space Agency website and updated when new reports are published. This is an automated process. A link the the official Mars Phoenix Lander weather site is below:

CSA - Martian Weather Report

Archived Reports

Below is a list of Mars Weather reports that were published in the past. Apparently, these reports are not published every day and some Sols are missed. As a result, missing Sol date weather reports are because the information was not published that day. Example, there was no Sol 3 or Sol 6 weather reports.

The information in the reports are a little inconsistent as well. Some are missing certain readings while others appear to have them all.

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Day	Summary	Hi Temp	Lo Temp	Baro	Wind	Visibility

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About the Mars Phoneix Lander

Below is an image with descriptions of the various sections of the lander

Lidar Range Finder

The MET also contains a lidar (laser imaging detection and ranging) device for sampling the number of dust particles in the air. It was designed in Canada and supported by the Canadian Space Agency.

The mission announced May 28th, that it had successfully activated a laser instrument that detects dust, clouds, and fog. The lidar, provided by the Canadian Space Agency, sends out rapid pulses of green laser-like light into the atmosphere. The light bounces off particles and reflects back to a telescope.

Arizona Random Weather Facts

METAR
An Acroymn for METeorological Aerodrome Report. It is the primary observation code used in the United States to satisfy requirements for reporting surface meteorological data. Minimum reporting requirements includes wind, visibility, runway visual range, present weather, sky condition, temperature, dew point, and altimeter setting.