Characterizing atmospheric escape from Mars today and through time, with MAVEN

RJ Lillis, DA Brain, SW Bougher, F Leblanc… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
Two of the primary goals of the MAVEN mission are to determine how the rate of escape of
Martian atmospheric gas to space at the current epoch depends upon solar influences and …

The aeronomy of Mars: Characterization by MAVEN of the upper atmosphere reservoir that regulates volatile escape

SW Bougher, TE Cravens, J Grebowsky… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
The Mars thermosphere-ionosphere-exosphere (TIE) system constitutes the atmospheric
reservoir (ie available cold and hot planetary neutral and thermal ion species) that regulates …

MAVEN observations of the response of Mars to an interplanetary coronal mass ejection

BM Jakosky, JM Grebowsky, JG Luhmann… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere, combined with loss of gas from the
upper atmosphere to space, likely contributed to the thin, cold, dry atmosphere of modern …

Strong plume fluxes at Mars observed by MAVEN: An important planetary ion escape channel

Y Dong, X Fang, DA Brain… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present observations by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission
of a substantial plume‐like distribution of escaping ions from the Martian atmosphere …

Flows, fields, and forces in the Mars‐solar wind interaction

JS Halekas, DA Brain, JG Luhmann… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We utilize suprathermal ion and magnetic field measurements from the Mars Atmosphere
and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, organized by the upstream magnetic field, to …

Early MAVEN Deep Dip campaign reveals thermosphere and ionosphere variability

S Bougher, B Jakosky, J Halekas, J Grebowsky… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, during the second of its
Deep Dip campaigns, made comprehensive measurements of martian thermosphere and …

Seasonal variability of Martian ion escape through the plume and tail from MAVEN observations

Y Dong, X Fang, DA Brain… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We study the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft observations of
Martian planetary ion escape during two time periods: 11 November 2014 to 19 March 2015 …

Modeling Martian atmospheric losses over time: Implications for exoplanetary climate evolution and habitability

C Dong, Y Lee, Y Ma, M Lingam… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this Letter, we make use of sophisticated 3D numerical simulations to assess the extent of
atmospheric ion and photochemical losses from Mars over time. We demonstrate that the …

Solar wind interaction with Mars upper atmosphere: Results from the one‐way coupling between the multifluid MHD model and the MTGCM model

C Dong, SW Bougher, Y Ma, G Toth… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The 3‐D multifluid Block Adaptive Tree Solar‐wind Roe Upwind Scheme (BATS‐R‐US)
MHD code (MF‐MHD) is coupled with the 3‐D Mars Thermospheric general circulation …

Deep nightside photoelectron observations by MAVEN SWEA: Implications for Martian northern hemispheric magnetic topology and nightside ionosphere source

S Xu, D Mitchell, M Liemohn, C Dong… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission samples the Mars
ionosphere down to altitudes of∼ 150 km over a wide range of local times and solar zenith …