A growing body of evidence supports an ancient Mars having a milder, wetter climate, suggesting that its atmosphere was once more substantial than it is today. The fate of the lost atmosphere and water is a major unanswered question. Is the “lost” water sequestered in the crust at all latitudes, or did much of it escape to space? While available measurements and theoretical studies suggest that a number of atmospheric escape processes are at work today, little is known about their efficacy, including temporal variations driven by the solar cycle and Mars seasons. Selected 3-D simulations are presented and illustrate the coupling between the thermosphere-ionosphere system and the exosphere leading to predictions of the oxygen corona and hot oxygen escape (a major component of atmospheric loss for present day Mars).


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    Titel :

    Solar Cycle and Seasonal Variability of the Martian Thermosphere-Ionosphere and Associated Impacts upon Atmospheric Escape


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Sae Int. J. Aerosp


    Beteiligte:
    Valeille, A. (Autor:in) / Combi, M. R. (Autor:in) / Bougher, S. W. (Autor:in) / Tenishev, V. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2009


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    12.07.2009


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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