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Geoscience Letters

Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Table 2 Modeled ion escape fluxes (s −1 ) of dominant ion species [10]

From: Current understanding of the aeronomy of Mars

NeutralProfile

Simulation Cases

O +

O 2 +

CO 2 +

Total

3D MTGCM

Case 1

4.2x1023

1.7x1024

3.5x1023

2.5x1024

Case 2

3.7x1024

2.5x1024

3.8x1023

6.6x1024

Case 3

1.0x1025

2.5x1025

8.2x1024

4.3x1025

  1. Case 1 solar minimum conditions; case 2: solar maximum; and case 3: solar maximum with a disturbed solar wind. Fluxes in s−1.
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