The Effects of Crustal Magnetic Fields and Solar EUV Flux on Ionopause Formation at Mars
The Effects of Crustal Magnetic Fields and Solar EUV Flux on Ionopause Formation at Mars
We study the ionopause of Mars using a database of 6,893 ionopause detections obtained over 11 years by the MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding) experiment. The ionopause, in this work, is defined as a steep density gradient that appears in MARSIS remote sounding ionograms as a …