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After Tianwen-1 enters the orbit around Mars, the images collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Camera (MoRIC), and the High Resolution Imaging Camera (HiRIC) can be used to study the atmospheric optical depth in the candidate landing area, providing reference for the safe landing and operation of the lander and rover.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13051029","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,9]],"date-time":"2021-03-09T04:33:51Z","timestamp":1615264431000},"page":"1029","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The Temporal Variation of Optical Depth in the Candidate Landing Area of China\u2019s Mars Mission (Tianwen-1)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6690-9004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhencheng","family":"Tang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Jianjun","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7428-2360","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]},{"given":"Wangli","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"112","DOI":"10.1016\/j.icarus.2013.10.033","article-title":"The origin, evolution, and trajectory of large dust storms on Mars during Mars years 24\u201330 (1999\u20132011)","volume":"251","author":"Wang","year":"2015","journal-title":"Icarus"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2781","DOI":"10.1029\/1999GL008341","article-title":"Dust devil vortices seen by the Mars Pathfinder Camera","volume":"26","author":"Metzger","year":"1999","journal-title":"Geophys. 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