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The main emphasis of this review will be on Martian aeronomy, here defined to be the interaction of solar UV radiation with the atmosphere of Mars. A general outline of contemporary knowledge of the chemical composition and of the thermal structure of the Martian atmosphere, necessary for aeronomical calculations, is given in Sections 2 and 3 respectively. The aeronomy of the upper neutral atmosphere and ionosphere is discussed in Section 4. The problems of the stability of the Martian atmosphere and H2O escape are reviewed in the section on the lower atmosphere (Section 5).
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Mcconnell, J.C. (1973). The Atmosphere of Mars. In: McCormac, B.M. (eds) Physics and Chemistry of Upper Atmosphere. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2542-3_32
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