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

Janet G Luhmann, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Karen Alvarez, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Shannon Curry, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Chuanfei Dong, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Yingjuan Ma, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Stephen W Bougher, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Mehdi Benna, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, Dr. Meredith K Elrod, University of Maryland College Park, Astronomy Department, College Park, United States, Paul R Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Paul Withers, Boston University, Boston, United States, Zachary Girazian, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, John E P Connerney, Space Research Corporation, Annapolis, United States, Dave A Brain, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and Bruce M Jakosky, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States