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Table 2

Curiosity TLS-SAM methane enrichment measurements at Gale crater (4.5°S, 137.4°E) over a 70-month period.

Martian sol after landing Aug. 12, 2012 Earth date Ingest time (LMST) LS (deg) Global pressure multiplier CH4 (ppbv) Error ±1SEM (ppbv)
573.08 17 Mar. 2014 0157 103.48 0.97 0.419 0.089
684.06 9 Jul. 2014 0122 158.61 0.877 0.653 0.121
965.99 25 Apr. 2015 2351 331.57 1.0032 0.609 0.088
1086.06 26 Aug. 2015 0123 32.81 1.05 0.241 0.053
1169.02 19 Nov. 2015 0023 70.57 1.062 0.235 0.076
1322.00 24 Apr. 2016 2355 142.46 0.8808 0.502 0.097
1451.06 4 Sep. 2016 0121 216.58 1.007 0.500 0.078
1527.06 21 Nov. 2016 0130 265.78 1.0765 0.357 0.104
1579.00 13 Jan. 2017 2353 298.76 1.0361 0.246 0.069
1709.00 27 May 2017 0003 10.84 1.0197 0.319 0.098
2076.27 10 Jun. 2018 0121 189.2 0.936 0.474 0.111
2442.16 19 Jun. 2019 0351 41.5 1.064 21.84 0.146
2446.06 23 Jun. 2019 0152 43.3 1.06 0.224 0.123
2615.46 15 Dec. 2019 1120 120.7 0.913 0.067 0.167
2626.99 26 Dec. 2019 2356 126.3 0.90 0.520 0.109
2644.51 12 Jan. 2020 1225 134 0.89 0.036 0.147

Notes. SEM, standard error of the mean; LS, solar longitude; CI, confidence interval; LMST, local mean standard time. The global pressure multiplier is derived from in situ REMS pressure measurements and is the number by which the original measured in situ values of methane were multiplied to correct the results to the global mean annual mixing ratio given in the last two columns. The in situ values can be found by dividing the last two columns by the global pressure multiplier, and are also given in the appendix tables. The quoted SEM value is calculatedfrom the square root of the sum of the squares of the errors on the individual methane lines (see appendix). Earth date and ingest time refer to the time at which the two-hour gas ingest was started. The enrichment results plotted in Fig. 1 and day/night discussion do not include the large spike observed on sol 2442.16 that is described later.

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