Fig. 7.From: Hybrid simulations of proton precipitation patterns onto the upper atmosphere of MarsPrecipitating proton particle flux (panel (a)) and energy flux (panel (b)) function of SZA. The fluxes are averaged over the hemispheres. The outer sphere at r = 3960 km (dashed line), the inner sphere at r = 3636 km (solid line) for the B x = 0 case are shown, as well as the exobase at r = 3600 km for the Parker IMF case (solid line and crosses).Back to article page