MAVEN Data-Model Comparisons of Planetary Ions

S. M. Curry (1) , J. G. Luhmann (1) , C. F. Dong (2) , François Leblanc (3) , Ronan Modolo (3) , Yingjuan Ma (4) , J. Halekas (5) , J. Mcfadden (1) , D. Mitchell (1) , D. Larson (1) , J. Connerney (6) , J. Espley (6) , R. Lillis (1) , D. Brain (7) , X. Fang (7) , R. Livi (1) , T. Hara (1) , Y. Harada (1) , B. M. Jakosky (7)

1 SSL - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
2 AOSS - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences [Ann Arbor]
3 HELIOS - LATMOS
4 LBNL - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley]
5 University of Iowa [Iowa City]
6 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
7 LASP - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder]

We present comparisons of planetary pickup ions at Mars with MAVEN (Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN) data to both validate the models and better constrain global atmospheric loss rates at Mars.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

S. M. Curry, J. G. Luhmann, C. F. Dong, François Leblanc, Ronan Modolo, et al.. MAVEN Data-Model Comparisons of Planetary Ions. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2015, The Woodlands, Texas, United States. LPI Contribution No. 1832, p.2389. ⟨hal-01138304⟩