Unexpected Diurnal Variations in Electron Temperature in the Mars Ionosphere

Laila Andersson1, Christopher M Fowler2, Andrew F Nagy3, Roger V Yelle4, Thomas Cravens5, Stephen W Bougher6, Alan Geoffrey Burns7, William K Peterson1, Bruce M Jakosky8, Mehdi Benna9, James Webster1, Adam K Woodson8 and Dr. Meredith K Elrod10, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, United States, (5)University of Kansas, Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, KS, United States, (6)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (7)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, (10)University of Maryland College Park, Astronomy Department, College Park, United States