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Solar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere: Crustal field orientation, solar cycle, and seasonal variations
dc.contributor.authorDong, Chuanfeien_US
dc.contributor.authorBougher, Stephen W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMa, Yingjuanen_US
dc.contributor.authorToth, Gaboren_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, Yunien_US
dc.contributor.authorNagy, Andrew F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTenishev, Valeriyen_US
dc.contributor.authorPawlowski, Dave J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCombi, Michael R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNajib, Dalalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-12T21:03:37Z
dc.date.available2016-11-01T16:43:14Zen
dc.date.issued2015-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationDong, Chuanfei; Bougher, Stephen W.; Ma, Yingjuan; Toth, Gabor; Lee, Yuni; Nagy, Andrew F.; Tenishev, Valeriy; Pawlowski, Dave J.; Combi, Michael R.; Najib, Dalal (2015). "Solar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere: Crustal field orientation, solar cycle, and seasonal variations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120(9): 7857-7872.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2169-9380en_US
dc.identifier.issn2169-9402en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/115901
dc.description.abstractA comprehensive study of the solar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere is presented. Three global models: the 3‐D Mars multifluid Block Adaptive Tree Solar‐wind Roe Upwind Scheme MHD code (MF‐MHD), the 3‐D Mars Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model (M‐GITM), and the Mars exosphere Monte Carlo model Adaptive Mesh Particle Simulator (M‐AMPS) were used in this study. These models are one‐way coupled; i.e., the MF‐MHD model uses the 3‐D neutral inputs from M‐GITM and the 3‐D hot oxygen corona distribution from M‐AMPS. By adopting this one‐way coupling approach, the Martian upper atmosphere ion escape rates are investigated in detail with the combined variations of crustal field orientation, solar cycle, and Martian seasonal conditions. The calculated ion escape rates are compared with Mars Express observational data and show reasonable agreement. The variations in solar cycles and seasons can affect the ion loss by a factor of ∼3.3 and ∼1.3, respectively. The crustal magnetic field has a shielding effect to protect Mars from solar wind interaction, and this effect is the strongest for perihelion conditions, with the crustal field facing the Sun. Furthermore, the fraction of cold escaping heavy ionospheric molecular ions [(2+ and/or 2+)/Total] are inversely proportional to the fraction of the escaping (ionospheric and corona) atomic ion [O+/Total], whereas 2+ and 2+ ion escape fractions show a positive linear correlation since both ion species are ionospheric ions that follow the same escaping path.Key PointsStudy crustal field, solar cycle, and seasons on Mars' upper atmosphere ion escapeTo understand the long‐term evolution of Mars atmosphere over its historyTo support MAVEN spacecraft mission data analysis (2014–2016)en_US
dc.publisherClarendon Pressen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.othercrustal field orientationen_US
dc.subject.othersolar cycleen_US
dc.subject.otherseasonal variationsen_US
dc.subject.otherion escape from Mars upper atmosphereen_US
dc.subject.otherglobal one‐way couplingen_US
dc.subject.other3‐D multifluid MHD modelen_US
dc.titleSolar wind interaction with the Martian upper atmosphere: Crustal field orientation, solar cycle, and seasonal variationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAstronomy and Astrophysicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2015JA020990en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physicsen_US
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