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Oxygen Loss from Venus and the Influence of Extreme Solar Wind Conditions

McEnulty, Tess Rose

The purpose of this dissertation is to expand our understanding of oxygen ion escape to space from Venus and its dependence on extreme solar wind conditions found during interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). The solar wind dynamic pressure outside of the Venus bow shock did not exceed ∼12 nPa, during 2006-2009, while the solar wind dynami…