Articles | Volume 5, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-127-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-127-2016
Research article
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19 May 2016
Research article |  | 19 May 2016

Mars MOURA magnetometer demonstration for high-resolution mapping on terrestrial analogues

Marina Díaz-Michelena, Rolf Kilian, Ruy Sanz, Francisco Rios, and Oscar Baeza

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The present manuscript is written as the result of an exhaustive field work with MOURA instrument on relevant sites on Earth. MOURA magnetometer was developed for Mars MetNet precursor mission to Mars. In this work we have demonstrated the capabilities of the instrument in terrestrial analogues of Mars, which cover a huge variability range in the magnetic anomalies intensities. Apart from its suitability for prospections, we insist on its advanced performance regarding paleomagnetic information.