Characterising Mars' airglow by comparing Mars Express SPICAM ultraviolet data with kinetic transport simulations

Cyril Simon (1) , Olivier Witasse (1) , François Leblanc (2) , Guillaume Gronoff (3) , Jean-Loup Bertaux (2)

1 RSSD - Research and Scientific Support Department, ESTEC
2 SA - Service d'aéronomie
3 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble

Search for the O+ emission at 247 nm. • Extension to nightside auroral emissions using multi-instrument data on Mars Express.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Cyril Simon, Olivier Witasse, François Leblanc, Guillaume Gronoff, Jean-Loup Bertaux. Characterising Mars' airglow by comparing Mars Express SPICAM ultraviolet data with kinetic transport simulations. 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Jul 2008, Montréal, Canada. ⟨insu-00361568⟩