P54C:
Space Environments of Unmagnetized or Weakly Magnetized Solar System Bodies and the Effects of Space Weather on These Systems II


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Session ID#: 60236

Session Description:
The ionospheres and magnetospheres of weakly magnetized bodies with substantial atmospheres (e.g. Mars, Venus, Titan, Pluto and comets) are subject to disturbances due to solar activities, interplanetary conditions, or parent magnetospheric environments (e.g. solar flares, coronal mass ejections and solar energetic particles), sharing similarities with their magnetized counterparts but with scientifically important differences. As an integral part of planetary atmospheres, ionospheres are tightly coupled with the neutral atmosphere, exosphere and surrounding plasma environment, possessing rich compositional, density, and temperature structures. The interaction among neutral and charged components affects atmospheric loss, neutral winds, photochemistry, and energy balance within ionospheres. This session invites abstracts concerning remote and in-situ data analysis, modeling studies, comparative studies, instrumentation and mission concepts for weakly magnetized solar system bodies. Topics such as dayside and nightside ionospheric characteristics and variability, ion-neutral coupling, and responses of the ionized and neutral regimes to transient space weather events are especially encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Christopher M Fowler, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Xiaohua Fang, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, Yingjuan Ma, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Pierre Henri, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E) - CNRS - Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
Primary Liaison:  Christopher M Fowler, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Chairs:  Christopher M Fowler, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and Yingjuan Ma, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Christopher M Fowler, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Index Terms:

2437 Ionospheric dynamics [IONOSPHERE]
2459 Planetary ionospheres [IONOSPHERE]
5435 Ionospheres [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5443 Magnetospheres [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

'Induced Magnetosphere' Aspects of the Mars-Solar Wind Interaction (373965)
Janet G Luhmann, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Robert J Lillis, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Chuanfei Dong, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Yingjuan Ma, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Shannon Curry, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Christopher T Russell, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, Gina A DiBraccio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States and Jared R Espley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Observations of Precipitating Solar Wind Hydrogen in the Martian Ionosphere (368192)
Sarah Henderson, Montana State University, Bozeman, United States, Jasper S Halekas, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States and Robert J Lillis, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
The Interaction of the Martian Ionosphere with the Solar Wind: Current Systems and Diamagnetic Effects (428139)
Stephen A Ledvina, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Stephen H Brecht, Bay Area Research Corp, Orinda, CA, United States
Localized Ionization Hypothesis for Transient Ionospheric Layers (445557)
Matteo Michael James Crismani, California State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Bernardino, United States, Justin Deighan, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Nicholas McCord Schneider, Univ Colorado, Boulder, United States, John M C Plane, University of Leeds, School of Chemistry, Leeds, United Kingdom, Paul Withers, Boston University, Boston, United States, Jasper S Halekas, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States, Michael Chaffin, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and Sonal K Jain, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
Vortex plasma estructures in the plasma wakes of Mars and Venus (416683)
Hector Javier Durand-Manterola, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Alberto Flandes, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Geophysics Institute, Mexico City, Mexico and Hector A Perez De Tejada, UNAM, Mexico D F, Mexico
First observations of magnetic holes deep within the coma of a comet (436316)
Ferdinand Plaschke1, Tomas Karlsson2, Charlotte Goetz3, Christian Moestl4, Ingo Richter1, Martin Volwerk4, Anders Eriksson5, Etienne Behar6 and Raymond Goldstein7, (1)TU Braunschweig, Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, Braunschweig, Germany, (2)KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, (4)Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria, (5)IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden, (6)IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna, Kiruna, Sweden, (7)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Evolution of High-Energy Electron Populations as a Function of Heliocentric Distance (389852)
Minna Emilia Myllys1, Pierre Henri1, Raymond Goldstein2, Marina F Galand3, Nicolas Gilet4, Kevin L Heritier5 and James L Burch6, (1)Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Orléans Cedex 2, France, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom, (4)Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E) - CNRS - Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France, (5)Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (6)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States

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