Full-wave calculation of ionospheric wave attenuation at Mars, as used in the manuscript "Lightning-generated waves detected at Mars"
Description
The file "mars_ions_public.py" is a Python code to calculate the wave attenuation in the ionosphere, with parameters set to correspond to the case analyzed in the paper "Lightning-generated waves detected at Mars", replicating Figure 4b therein. It uses the model magnetic field profile stored in "mag_profile.txt" and, on top of traditional Python libraries, the in-house routines from the file "ionospheric_attenuation_public.py". The calculation follows the established full-wave modeling method developed by Lehtinen and Inan (2008, 2009). References: N. G. Lehtinen, U. S. Inan, Radiation of ELF/VLF waves by harmonically varying currents into a stratified ionosphere with application to radaition by a modulated electrojet, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A06301, doi: 10.1029/2007JA012911, 2008. N. G. Lehtinen, U. S. Inan, Full-wave modeling of transionospheric propagation of VLF waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03104, doi: 10.1029/2008GL036535, 2009.
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Institutions
- Ustav fyziky atmosfery Akademie ved Ceske republiky
- Univerzita Karlova Matematicko-fyzikalni fakulta