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The instrument suite consisted of an atmospheric lidar (image foreground to the left of the mast) as well as pressure and temperature measuring systems (mast).<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2542\" height=\"600\" class=\"wp-image-349\" style=\"width: 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600.jpg 2542w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-1024x242.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-768x181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-1536x363.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-2048x483.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-1920x453.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-1200x283.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/cress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/05\/marsapan_phoenix_600-600x142.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2542px) 100vw, 2542px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Manuscripts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1126\/science.1172344\">Mars water-ice clouds and precipitation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1029\/2007JE003015\">Temperature, pressure, and wind instrumentation in the Phoenix meteorological package<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1029\/2007JE003002\">Lidar on the Phoenix mission to Mars<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1029\/2009JE003422\">On pressure measurement and seasonal pressure variations during the Phoenix mission<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0019103513000353\">Phoenix LIDAR measurements of Mars atmospheric dust<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0032063319300558\">The quality of the Mars Phoenix pressure data<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada contributed the Phoenix MET system to the NASA mission that landed in the northern region of Mars. 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