Space Weather at Mars: 3-D Studies Using One-way Coupling Between the Multi-fluid MHD, M-GITM and M-AMPS Models.
dc.contributor.author | Dong, Chuanfei | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-13T18:04:37Z | |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-13T18:04:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
dc.date.submitted | 2015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/116686 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation presents numerical simulation results of the solar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere by using three comprehensive 3-D models: the Mars Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model (M-GITM), the Mars exosphere Monte Carlo model Adaptive Mesh Particle Simulator (M-AMPS), and the BATS-R-US Mars multi-fluid MHD (MF-MHD) model. The coupled framework has the potential to provide improved predictions for ion escape rates for comparison with future data to be returned by the MAVEN mission (2014--2016) and thereby improve our understanding of present day escape processes. Estimates of ion escape rates over Mars history must start from properly validated models that can be extrapolated into the past. This thesis aims to build a model library for the NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, which will thus enhance the science return from the MAVEN mission. In this thesis, we aim to address the following four main scientific questions by adopting the one-way coupled framework developed here: (1) What are the Martian ion escape rates at the current epoch and ancient times? (2) What controls the ion escape processes at the current epoch? How are the ion escape variations connected to the solar cycle, crustal field orientation and seasonal variations? (3) How do the variable 3-D cold neutral thermosphere and hot oxygen corona affect the solar wind-Mars interaction? (4) How does the Martian atmosphere respond to extreme variations (e.g., ICMEs) in the solar wind and its interplanetary environment? These questions are closely related to the primary scientific goals of NASA's MAVEN mission and European Space Agency's Mars Express (MEX) mission. We reasonably answer all these four questions at the end of this thesis by employing the one-way coupled framework and comparing the simulation results with both MEX and MAVEN observational data. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | What are the Martian ion escape rates at the current epoch and ancient times? | en_US |
dc.subject | What controls the ion escape processes at the current epoch? | en_US |
dc.subject | How do the variable 3-D cold neutral thermosphere and hot oxygen corona affect the solar wind-Mars interaction? | en_US |
dc.subject | How does the Martian atmosphere respond to extreme variations (e.g., ICMEs) in the solar wind and its interplanetary environment? | en_US |
dc.title | Space Weather at Mars: 3-D Studies Using One-way Coupling Between the Multi-fluid MHD, M-GITM and M-AMPS Models. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreename | PhD | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantor | University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Bougher, Stephen | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Powell, Ken | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Ma, Ying-Juan | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Liemohn, Michael Warren | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Toth, Gabor | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116686/1/dcfy_1.pdf | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-8990-094X | en_US |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Dong, Chuanfei; 0000-0002-8990-094X | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Dissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's) |
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