High Resolution Mid-IR Observations of the Solar System with EXES on SOFIA

The Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (EXES) is a high-resolution (R~100,000) spectrograph operating in the 4.5-28.3um region onboard NASA/DLRs SOFIA observatory. The combination of high-resolution spectroscopy and spectral windows previously unavailable from the ground has made EXES a powerful and productive tool in the study of molecules in the solar system.We highlight results from our 2016-2017 campaigns including studies of water loss on Venus and Mars, stringent upper limits for Martian Methane, mapping HCN in the clouds of Jupiter and attempting to detect water plumes reported from Jupiter's moon Europa.