Understanding dust-lifting processes on Mars: development of dedicated instruments and field tests at planetary analogue sites on Earth

Francesca Esposito1, Gabriele Franzese1, Fabio Cozzolino1, Cesare Molfese1, Fausto Cortecchia2, Giuseppe Mongelluzzo1, Carmen Porto1, Simone Silvestro1, Ciprian Ionut Popa1, Bortolino Saggin3, Diego Scaccabarozzi3, Daniele Brienza4, John Robert Brucato5, Ignacio Arruego6, Alberto Martín-Ortega Rico7, Nuria Andrés Santiuste7 and Jose RAMON De Mingo Martin7, (1)INAF - OACN Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, (2)INAF - OAS Bologna, Bologna, Italy, (3)Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (4)Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy, (5)National Institute for Astrophysics, Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Firenze, Italy, (6)Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain, (7)INTA, Madrid, Spain