Airglow and aurora in the Martian atmosphere: contributions by the Mars Express and ExoMars TGO missions

F González-Galindo, JC Gérard, L Soret… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
The study of atmospheric emissions from orbit to probe the middle and upper atmosphere of
Mars, which started with the Mariner missions, is living a golden era thanks to the European …

Gravity waves in planetary atmospheres: Their effects and parameterization in global circulation models

AS Medvedev, E Yiğit - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
The dynamical and thermodynamical importance of gravity waves was initially recognized in
the atmosphere of Earth. Extensive studies over recent decades demonstrated that gravity …

The structure and variability of Mars dayside thermosphere from MAVEN NGIMS and IUVS measurements: Seasonal and solar activity trends in scale heights and …

SW Bougher, KJ Roeten, K Olsen… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mars dayside thermospheric temperature and scale height trends were examined using
measurements from the Neutral Gas Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) and the Imaging …

High‐altitude gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere observed by MAVEN/NGIMS and modeled by a gravity wave scheme

E Yiğit, SL England, G Liu… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
First high‐altitude observations of gravity wave (GW)‐induced CO2 density perturbations in
the Martian thermosphere retrieved from NASA's Neutral Gas Ion Mass Spectrometer …

MAVEN NGIMS observations of atmospheric gravity waves in the Martian thermosphere

SL England, G Liu, E Yiğit, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Gravity waves have a significant impact on both the dynamics and energy budget of the
Martian thermosphere. Strong density variations of spatial scales indicative of gravity waves …

Global distribution and parameter dependences of gravity wave activity in the Martian upper thermosphere derived from MAVEN/NGIMS observations

N Terada, F Leblanc, H Nakagawa… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wavelike perturbations in the Martian upper thermosphere observed by the Neutral Gas Ion
Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) onboard the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN …

Variability of the Martian thermosphere during eight Martian years as simulated by a ground‐to‐exosphere global circulation model

F González‐Galindo… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Using a ground‐to‐exosphere general circulation model for Mars we have simulated the
variability of the dayside temperatures at the exobase during eight Martian years (MY, from …

Mars thermosphere as seen in MAVEN accelerometer data

RW Zurek, RA Tolson, SW Bougher… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Mars thermosphere (above approximately 120 km) has been probed in situ for one Mars
year using accelerometers on board the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) …

MAVEN/IUVS stellar occultation measurements of Mars atmospheric structure and composition

H Gröller, F Montmessin, RV Yelle… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument of the Mars Atmosphere
and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has acquired data on Mars for more than one …

Coupling and interactions across the Martian whole atmosphere system

E Yiğit - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
The Martian surface environment today is cold and dry, but evidence suggests the planet
may have hosted more habitable conditions in the past. Open questions about the evolution …