Solar Wind Interaction and Crustal Field Influences on Mars' Upper Ionosphere: MAVEN Observations Compared to Model Results

Janet G Luhmann1, Karen Alvarez2, Shannon Curry3, Chuanfei Dong4, Yingjuan Ma5, Stephen W Bougher6, Mehdi Benna7, Dr. Meredith K Elrod8, Paul R Mahaffy9, Paul Withers10, Zachary Girazian11, John E P Connerney12, Dave A Brain3 and Bruce M Jakosky13, (1)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (2)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (7)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, (8)University of Maryland College Park, Astronomy Department, College Park, United States, (9)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (10)Boston University, Boston, United States, (11)Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (12)Space Research Corporation, Annapolis, United States, (13)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States