Initial observations of low-frequency magnetic fluctuations in the Martian ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Espley, Jared R ^a,b   Delory, G T ^c   Cloutier, P A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 33750616043     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002587     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Acuña, M. H., et al. (1998), Magnetic field and plasma observations at Mars: Initial results from the Mars Global Surveyor Mission, Science, 279, 1676-1680.
2. Acuña, M. H., et al. (2001), Magnetic field of Mars: Summary of results from the aerobraking and mapping orbits, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,403-23,417.
3. Albee, A. L., R. E. Arvidson, F. Palluconi, and T. Thorpe (2001), Overview of the Mars Global Surveyor mission, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,291-23,316.
4. Bertucci, C., C. Mazelle, D. H. Crider, D. L. Mitchell, K. Sauer, M. H. Acuña, J. E. P. Connerney, R. P. Lin, N. F. Ness, and D. Winterhalter (2004), MGS MAG/ER observations at the magnetic pileup boundary of Mars: Draping enhancement and low frequency waves, Adv. Space Res., 33, 1938-1944.
5. Brain, D. A., F. Bagenal, M. H. Acuña, and J. E. P. Connerney (2003), Martian magnetic morphology: Contributions from the solar wind and crust, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A12), 1424, doi:10.1029/2002JA009482.
6. Connerney, J. E. P., M. H. Acuña, P. J. Wasilewski, G. Kletetschka, N. F. Ness, H. Reme, R. P. Lin, and D. L. Mitchell (2001), The global magnetic field of Mars and implications for crustal evolution, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4015-4018.
7. Espley, J. R. (2005), Low frequency plasma waves at Mars, Ph.D. thesis, 107 pp., Rice Univ., Houston, Tex, Nov.
8. Espley, J. R., P. A. Cloutier, D. A. Brain, D. H. Crider, and M. H. Acuña (2004), Observations of low-frequency magnetic oscillations in the Martian magnetosheath, magnetic pileup region, and tail, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A07213, doi:10.1029/2003JA010193.
9. Espley, J. R., P. A. Cloutier, D. H. Crider, D. A. Brain, and M. H. Acuña (2005), Low-frequency plasma oscillations at Mars during the October 2003 solar storm, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A09S33, doi:10.1029/ 2004JA010935.
10. Farrell, W. M., M. L. Kaiser, M. D. Desch, J. G. Houser, S. A. Cummer, D. M. Wilt, and G. A. Landis (1999), Detecting electrical activity from Martian dust storms, J. Geophys. Res., 104(E2), 3795-3801.
11. Gary, S. P. (1993), Theory of Space Plasma Microinstabilities, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
12. Grimm, R. E. (2002), Low-frequency electromagnetic exploration for groundwater on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 107(E2), 5006, doi:10.1029/ 2001JE001504.
13. Hausman, B. A., F. C. Michel, J. R. Espley, and P. A. Cloutier (2004), On determining the nature and orientation of magnetic directional discontinuities: Problems with the minimum variance method, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A11102, doi:10.1029/2004JA010670.
14. Heggy, E., S. M. Clifford, T. G. Farr, C. L. Dinwiddie, and R. E. Grimm (2006), Radar investigations of planetary and terrestrial environments, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2006JE002729, in press.
15. Hughes, W. J., and D. J. Southwood (1976), The screening of micropulsation signals by the atmosphere and ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 81(19), 3234-3240.
16. Kivelson, M. G., and D. J. Southwood (1988), Hydromagnetic waves and the ionosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 1271-1274.
17. Knetter, T., F. M. Neubauer, T. Horbury, and A. Balogh (2003), Discontinuity observations with Cluster, Adv. Space Res., 32, 543.
18. Krauss-Varban, D., N. Omidi, and K. B. Quest (1994), Mode properties of low-frequency waves: Kinetic theory versus Hall-MHD, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 5987-6009.
19. Lundin, R., et al. (2004), Solar wind-induced atmospheric erosion at Mars: First results from ASPERA-3 on Mars Express, Science, 305, 1933-1936.
20. Mitchell, D. L., R. P. Lin, C. Mazelle, H. Rème, P. A. Cloutier, J. E. P. Connerney, M. H. Acuña, and N. F. Ness (2001), Probing Mars' crustal magnetic field and ionosphere with the MGS Electron Reflectometer, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,419-23,427.
21. Nagy, A. F., et al. (2004), The plasma environment of Mars, Space Sci. Rev., 111, 33-114.
22. Pincon, J. L., M. Menvielle, and L. Szarka (2000), Geomagnetic induction study using the NetLander network of magnetometers, Planet. Space Sci., 48, 1261.
23. Shinagawa, H. (2000), Our current understanding of the ionosphere of Mars, Adv. Space Res., 26, 1599-1608.
24. Song, P., and C. T. Russell (1999), Time series data analyses in space physics, Space Sci. Rev., 87, 387-463.
25. Torrence, C., and G. P. Compo (1998), A practical guide to wavelet analysis, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 79, 61-78.
26. Trotignon, J. G., M. Parrot, J. C. Cerisier, M. Menvielle, W. I. Axford, M. Paetzold, R. Warnant, and A. W. Wernik (2000), The plasma environment of Mars: From the shocked solar wind down to the ionosphere, Planet. Space Sci., 48, 1181.
27. Vignes, D., C. Mazelle, H. Reme, M. H. Acuña, J. E. P. Connerney, R. P. Lin, D. L. Mitchell, P. A. Cloutier, D. H. Crider, and N. F. Ness (2000), The solar wind interaction with Mars: Locations and shapes of the bow shock and magnetic pile-up boundary from the observations of the MAG/ER experiment onboard Mars Global Surveyor, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 49-52.
28. Vozoff, K. (1991), The magnetotelluric method, in Electromagnetic Methods in Applied Geophysics, vol. 2, Application, edited by M. N. Nabighian, pp. 641-711, Soc. of Explor. Geophys., Tulsa, Okla.