The upper atmospheric effects of the 10 September 2017 solar flare at Mars
Abstract
We perform the first global, time-dependent numerical simulation of the Mars upper atmospheric and ionospheric responses to an X8.2-class solar flare event on 10 September 2017. The Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model is applied using realistically configured solar irradiance conditions for the flare event. Our calculation results show that the ionospheric and atmospheric responses to the solar flare are distinctly different, not only on response regions in altitude but also on response time scales.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019EPSC...13..844F