Global Impact of Mars Dust Storms on The Plasma Environment and Implications for Atmospheric Carbon Loss
Abstract
This is the first time the impact of Mars dust storms on the near-Mars space environment is modeled on a global scale, from 100 km altitude up to many Martian radii away from the surface. It is found that the charged particle regime can be significantly disturbed due to complex coupling processes in association with intense atmospheric dust loading. Our results suggest that strong dust storms at Mars play a potentially important role in affecting atmospheric carbon loss and thus long-term atmospheric evolution.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019EPSC...13..175F