Primary Convener:
Armin Kleinboehl, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Convener:
Majd Mayyasi, Boston University
Joseph Battalio, Yale University
Yuni Lee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Chair:
Armin Kleinboehl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Majd Mayyasi, Boston University
Joseph Battalio, Yale University
Yuni Lee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Observations from Mars orbiters, landers, and rovers have been providing a wealth of information on the Martian atmosphere. Current assets at Mars include weather stations on Mars rovers as well as Mars orbiters that provide perspectives from various orbits. Their measurements cover atmospheric regions from the near-surface to the upper atmosphere.While observations have led to considerable progress in understanding the structure of the Martian atmosphere, the challenges of today are the identification and quantification of the underlying dynamical, chemical, and radiative processes that govern the Martian atmosphere.This session solicits observational and theoretical contributions that provide deeper insights into these processes in the present-day atmosphere of Mars. This includes studies on the connections between the upper and the lower atmosphere and on processes leading to upper atmospheric particle energization and escape to deep space.

Index Terms
6225 Mars
5405 Atmospheres
5435 Ionospheres
5445 Meteorology

Cross-Listed:
AE - Atmospheric and Space Electricity
A - Atmospheric Sciences
SA - SPA-Aeronomy
SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth