Articles | Volume 42, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-69-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-69-2024
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28 Feb 2024
Regular paper |  | 28 Feb 2024

Ionospheric density depletions around crustal fields at Mars and their connection to ion frictional heating

Hadi Madanian, Troy Hesse, Firdevs Duru, Marcin Pilinski, and Rudy Frahm

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This article investigates certain anomalies in the ionosphere of Mars known as density depletions. It uses in situ measurements of plasma conditions taken by the MAVEN spacecraft around Mars. The statistical analysis of events sheds light on the generation mechanism of these structures.
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