High Level Datasets for ASPERA-3 IMA on Mars Express
- 1Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Kiruna, Sweden (matsh@irf.se)
- 2University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
- 3IRAP, CNRS-Univ. of Toulouse-UPS-CNES, Toulouse, France
ESA's Mars Express (MEX) spacecraft has operated in Mars orbit since 2003. On-board MEX, the ASPERA-3 (Analyser of Space Plasma and EneRgetic Atoms) instrument is providing a unique dataset of the space plasma near Mars for more than 18 years, covering a complete solar cycle, allowing long-term inverstigation of the interaction of Mars with the solar wind.
The large number of observations also enables unique statistical studies. Here we present two ASPERA-3 Ion Mass Analyzer (IMA) higher level data sets that will be available through the ESA's Planetary Science Archive (PSA): Solar wind ion moments and Ion differential flux.
How to cite: Holmström, M., Ramstad, R., Futaana, Y., Persson, M., Nilsson, H., and Barabash, S.: High Level Datasets for ASPERA-3 IMA on Mars Express, Europlanet Science Congress 2022, Granada, Spain, 18–23 Sep 2022, EPSC2022-412, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-412, 2022.
