Electron Energetics in the Martian Ionosphere: Model Comparisons with MAVEN Data

Shotaro Sakai1, Ali Rahmati2, Thomas Cravens3, David L Mitchell2, Stephen W Bougher4, Christian Xavier Mazelle5, William K Peterson6, Dr. Francis Gerard Eparvier, Ph.D.7, Juan M Fontenla8, Laila Andersson6, John E P Connerney9 and Bruce Martin Jakosky10, (1)University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of Kansas, Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, KS, United States, (4)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse Cedex 09, France, (6)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, (8)NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (10)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States