Variations in the Ionospheric Peak Altitude at Mars in Response to Dust Storms: 13 Years of Observations From the Mars Express Radar Sounder

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=_IW-saBgnl" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=_IW-saBgnl</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006092" target="_blank" >10.1029/2019JE006092</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Variations in the Ionospheric Peak Altitude at Mars in Response to Dust Storms: 13 Years of Observations From the Mars Express Radar Sounder

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Previous observations have shown that, during Martian dust storms, the peak of the ionosphere rises in altitude. Observational studies of this type, however, have been extremely limited. Using 13 years of ionospheric peak altitude data from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument on Mars Express, we study how the peak altitude responded to dust storms during six different Mars years (MY). The peak altitude increased similar to 10-15 km during all six events, which include a local dust storm (MY 33), three regional dust storms (MYs 27, 29, and 32), and two global dust storms (MYs 28 and 34). The peak altitude&apos;s orbit-to-orbit variability was exceptionally large at the apexes of the MY 29 and MY 32 dust seasons and dramatically increased during the MY 28 and MY 34 global dust storms. We conclude that dust storms significantly increase upper atmospheric variability, which suggests that they enhance dynamical processes that couple the lower and upper atmospheres, such as upward propagating gravity waves or atmospheric tides.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Variations in the Ionospheric Peak Altitude at Mars in Response to Dust Storms: 13 Years of Observations From the Mars Express Radar Sounder

Popis výsledku anglicky

Previous observations have shown that, during Martian dust storms, the peak of the ionosphere rises in altitude. Observational studies of this type, however, have been extremely limited. Using 13 years of ionospheric peak altitude data from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument on Mars Express, we study how the peak altitude responded to dust storms during six different Mars years (MY). The peak altitude increased similar to 10-15 km during all six events, which include a local dust storm (MY 33), three regional dust storms (MYs 27, 29, and 32), and two global dust storms (MYs 28 and 34). The peak altitude&apos;s orbit-to-orbit variability was exceptionally large at the apexes of the MY 29 and MY 32 dust seasons and dramatically increased during the MY 28 and MY 34 global dust storms. We conclude that dust storms significantly increase upper atmospheric variability, which suggests that they enhance dynamical processes that couple the lower and upper atmospheres, such as upward propagating gravity waves or atmospheric tides.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LTAUSA17070" target="_blank" >LTAUSA17070: Elektromagnetické vlny v planetárních ionosférách a magnetosférách</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets

ISSN

2169-9097

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

125

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

e2019JE006092

Kód UT WoS článku

000537906800021

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85085486801