Scientific objectives B-1 and B-2: Mesoscale phenomena and future missions

A landing site in sloped terrain or in the proximity of a seasonal CO2 cap edge would allow for detection and characterisation of cap edge circulations or slope winds. The ability of the MetNet mission to characterise such mesoscale phenomena depends crucially on the location and characteristics of chosen landing sites. Deployment constraints permitting, the large total number of landers may allow for choice of some landing sites with mesoscale phenomenon characterisation as a priority. It may even be feasible to deploy a part of the network as a regional or mesoscale subnetwork at a high-interest area — either from atmospheric science or from a future programmatic perspective (a likely landing site of a high-value future mission).