We have developed a seasonally dependent energy loss model to calculate the zonally averaged production rates of O 3 + due to impact of galactic cosmic rays in the dayside troposphere of Mars between solar longitudes (L s )~0°and 360°at low latitudes (2°N, 2°S, 25°N, and 25°S), midlatitudes (45°N and 45°S), and high latitudes (70°N and 70°S) in the Martian Year (MY) 28 and MY 29. We also represent the seasonal variability of zonally averaged ozone column density obtained from Mars Climate Database (MCD; Millour et al., 2014, https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01139592) during the daytime. These results are compared with the daytime observations of column ozone made by Spectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars onboard Mars Express (MEX). At mid-to-high latitudes ozone column density is maximum in northern winter and minimum in southern summer. At low-to-middle latitudes (2°N-S, 25°N-S, and 45°N-S), the production rates of O 3 + represent a broad peak between altitudes 26 and 45 km in both hemispheres. The peak production rates are increasing up to L s = 47.5°and then stabilized at about 2.5 × 10 −8 cm −3 /s. At L s ≥ 47.5°the peak production rate of O 3 + starts decreasing until it disappeared after L s = 127.5°. A major dust storm occurred in MY 28 at L s~2 80°in southern latitudes (~25°-35°S). During the dust storm period, dust opacity, ozone column density, and O 3 + production rate on the surface of Mars were increased by a factor of~3.
We report an unusual event on 2 June 2012 in the mini-magnetosphere of Mars from Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) onboard Mars Express (MEX) during orbit # 10723 at Ls 119o, when the E-peak electron density ~ 1.7 x 105 cm− 3 enhanced significantly at altitude ~ 100 km. This peak density is higher by about an order of magnitude from the E peak density observed by Radio Occultation Science Experiment (ROSE) onboard Mars Atmospheric and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN). We have modeled observed electron density profiles using coupled continuity and Analytical Yield Spectrum (AYS) approach. In this calculation, we have used solar EUV, X-ray and high-energy electron flux of Electron Spectrometer (ELS)/Analyzer of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms (ASPERA-3). The estimated electron density due to solar EUV/X-ray is matching well with the ROSE observation. The enhanced E-peak in the MARSIS profile is produced due to high-energy electron impact.
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