期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 41, 期 8, 页码 2708-2715出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059515
关键词
Ion Escape Flux; Martian Upper Atmosphere; Solar Wind Interaction; Multi-Fluid MHD; Global Model Coupling
资金
- NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship [NNX13AO56H]
- NASA [NNH10CC04C]
- LANL
- Yellowstone
- National Science Foundation
- NASA [468197, NNX13AO56H] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
The 3-D multifluid Block Adaptive Tree Solar-wind Roe Upwind Scheme (BATS-R-US) MHD code (MF-MHD) is coupled with the 3-D Mars Thermospheric general circulation model (MTGCM). The ion escape rate from the Martian upper atmosphere is investigated by using a one-way coupling approach, i.e., the MF-MHD model incorporates the effects of 3-D neutral atmosphere profiles from the MTGCM model. The calculations are carried out for two cases with different solar cycle conditions. The calculated total ion escape flux (the sum of three major ionospheric species, O+,O-2(+),and CO2+) for solar cycle maximum conditions (6.6 x 10(24) s(-1)) is about 2.6 times larger than that of solar cycle minimum conditions (2.5 x 10(24) s(-1)). Our simulation results show good agreement with recent observations of 2-3 x 10(24) s(-1) (O+, O-2(+), and CO2+) measured near solar cycle minimum conditions by Mars Express. An extremely high solar wind condition is also simulated which may mimic the condition of coronal mass ejections or corotating interaction regions passing Mars. Simulation results show that it can lead to a significant value of the escape flux as large as 4.3 x 10(25)s(-1).
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