A review of observed variability in the dayside ionosphere of Mars |
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Authors: | Paul Withers |
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Institution: | Center for Space Physics, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA |
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Abstract: | Recent measurements by Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Express have greatly increased the number of observations of the martian dayside ionosphere available for study. Together with earlier measurements from the Viking era, these datasets have been used to investigate variations in well-known properties of the martian dayside ionosphere and to discover new ionospheric features. The dayside ionosphere includes the main peak, called the M2 layer, and a lower layer, called the M1 layer. In the topside, above the M2 layer, electron densities exponentially decrease with increasing altitude. |
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Keywords: | Mars Ionosphere Plasma |
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