Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Alternate oscillations of Martian hydrogen and oxygen upper atmospheres during a major dust storm

  • Kei Masunaga,
  • Naoki Terada,
  • Nao Yoshida,
  • Yuki Nakamura,
  • Takeshi Kuroda,
  • Kazuo Yoshioka,
  • Yudai Suzuki,
  • Hiromu Nakagawa,
  • Tomoki Kimura,
  • Fuminori Tsuchiya,
  • Go Murakami,
  • Atsushi Yamazaki,
  • Tomohiro Usui,
  • Ichiro Yoshikawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34224-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Dust storms on Mars drive water escape to space. Here, the authors show the impact Martian dust storms have on the abundance of atmospheric hydrogen and oxygen, and how this helps to overall oxidize the Martian atmosphere.