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A photochemical model of the dust-loaded ionosphere of Mars

Montmessin, F.; O'Brien, K.; Michael, M. +5 more

The ionization of the lower Martian atmosphere and the presence of charged species are fundamental in the understanding of atmospheric electricity phenomena, such as electric discharges, large-scale electric currents, and Schumann resonances. The present photochemical model of the lower ionosphere of Mars (0-70 km) is developed to compute the conc…