Subsurface Thermal Modeling of Oxia Planum, Landing Site of ExoMars 2022

Figure 7

Drilling window adopted in this work: first 30 minutes in “on mode,” followed by 30 minutes in “off mode” and, finally, other 30 minutes in “on mode.” The values on the y-axis represent a sort of efficiency. The heat flux described in equation (5) is multiplied for this function: there is a gradual transition between on mode and off mode.