The lower ionosphere of Mars

Details The lower ionosphere of Mars The lower ionosphere of Mars

Dec 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975georl...2..565w&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 2, Dec. 1975, p. 565, 566.

Physics

Atmospheric Ionization, Cosmic Rays, Galactic Radiation, Lower Ionosphere, Mars Atmosphere, Planetary Ionospheres, Atmospheric Models, Electron Density (Concentration), Ionizing Radiation, Night Sky

Scientific paper

Recently reported (Savich et al. 1975) results of dual frequency (0.94 and 3.75 GHz) radio occultation experiments indicated the existence of a nocturnal ionospheric layer between the Martian surface and 80 km altitude. It is suggested that the observed ionosphere is due to ionization by galactic cosmic rays. The observed nocturnal electron density profile is compared with that of the negative ion model assumed by Whitten et al. (1971). The profiles are similar below 50 km if the negative ion concentration is reduced by a factor of 10.

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