'
NASA Logo, Mars Global Surveyor
MGS over Olympus Mons,
 Artwork by Corby Waste; Mars Global Surveyor, Magnetic Field Experiment, MAG/ER
, GSFC UCB CESR UDBRI NSF UGRAZ RICE; cover art of GRL Vol. 28, No. 21 with blac
k background

Mars Global Surveyor Magnetic Field Experiment

Please note: This page contains links to pages outside the nasa.gov domain. [ Disclaimer]

New at MGS MAG/ER

Some information is in Portable Document Format (PDF).

A free PDF reader is available from Adobe.

Recent Papers | Recent Presentations | WWW Site


MGS MAG/ER at the Joint Assembly

Connerney, J.E., J. Espley, and M. Acuña (2009), Observation and Modeling of Mars Crustal Magnetism, EOS Trans. AGU, 90(22), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract GP24A-01 Invited.


Press Release

New Map Provides More Evidence Mars Once Like Earth, Press Release, 17 October 2005


Recent Papers

Dohm, J.M., R.C. Anderson, J.-P. Williams, J. Ruiz, P.C. McGuire, D.L. Buczkowski, R. Wang, L. Scharenbrioch, T.M. Hare, J.E.P. Connerney, V.R. Baker, S.J. Wheelock, J.C. Ferris, and H. Miyamoto, "Claritas Rise, Mars: Pre-Tharsis Magmatism?", Journal of Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 2009, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores, 2009.03.012.

Acuña, M.H., G. Kletetschka, and J.E.P. Connerney, "Mars' Crustal Magnetization: A Window into the Past", in The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties , ed. J.F. Bell III, Cambridge University Press, July 2008.

Carlsson, E., D. Brain, J. Luhmann, S. Barabash, A. Grigoriev, H. Nilsson, and R. Lundin, Influence of IMF draping direction and crustal magnetic field location on Martian ion beams, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 56, Issue 6, p. 861-867, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.12.016, May 2008.

Please see the Publications and Presentations page for a more complete listing.


Recent Presentations

Connerney, J.E., J. Espley, and M. Acuña (2009), Observation and Modeling of Mars Crustal Magnetism, EOS Trans. AGU, 90(22), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract GP24A-01 Invited.

Brain, D.A., J.S. Halekas, and J.P. Eastwood (2008), Observation of Large Plasmoids Removing Atmosphere From Mars, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P13B-1320, December 2008.

Espley, J.R., J.E.P. Connerney, and R.J. Lillis, Effects of High Energy Astrophysical Events on the Martian Atmosphere, Third International Workshop on The Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations, held November 10-13, 2008 in Williamsburg, Virginia, LPI Contribution No. 1447, p.9110, November 2008. Abstract

Brain, D., J. Halekas, and J. Eastwood, Observation Of Bulk Atmospheric Escape Operating At Mars American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #40, #6.09; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Volume 40, p.397, September 2008. Abstract

Brain, D., J.G. Luhmann, S. Barabash, A. Fedorov, D.L. Winningham, M.H. Acuña, and R. Frahm, Two spacecraft measurements of the Martian plasma environment, 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 13-20 July 2008, in Montreal, Canada., p.376, Paper number: C32-0019-08. Abstract

Brain, D., R. Lillis, L. Peticolas, and J.G. Luhmann, Solar storm effects on the Martian atmosphere, 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 13-20 July 2008, in Montreal, Canada., p.374, Paper number: C32-0041-08. Abstract

Please see the Publications and Presentations page for a more complete listing.


WWW Site

14 Aug 2009 - updated EXT-14 status and Data Availability for detail data

10 Jul 2009 - replaced PNAS, 102, 42, Figure 3 JPEG file since previous version not working with Internet Explorer

12 Jun 2009 - updated EXT-13 status and Data Availability for detail data

11 Jun 2009 - added Science Images link to menus; separated out WWW site updates for 2006 and 2007; updated Site Map page

28 May 2009 - updated Publications and Presentations page and AGU LaTeX Format publications list

27 May 2009 - figures 3 and 4 from Connerney et al., PNAS, 2005 now available; updated Great Activities About Mars, Links to Learn More, and Contact pages; figures from Connerney et al., SSR, 2004 now available; updated Site Map page

26 May 2009 - updated Publications and Presentations page and Careers in Space page

22 May 2009 - corrected typos on Data Availability page; updated AGU list

04 May 2009 - updated EXT-12 status and Data Availability for detail data

15 Apr 2009 - updated EXT-11 status and Data Availability for detail data

20 Mar 2009 - Responsible NASA Official changed from Mario Acuña to Jack Connerney; updated EXT-10 status and Data Availability for detail data

05 Jan 2009 - update URL for Dave Brain's thesis on the Thesis Dissertations page

19 Dec 2008 - updated EXT-8 and EXT-9 status and Data Availability for detail data

28 Nov 2008 - updated EXT-4, EXT-5, EXT-6, and EXT-7 status and Data Availability for detail data

22 Aug 2008 - updated EXT-2 and EXT-3 status and Data Availability for detail data

26 Jun 2008 - updated MAP-3, MAP-4, MAP-5, MAP-6, MAP-7, MAP-8, and EXT-1 status and Data Availability for detail data

11 Apr 2008 - updated MAP-2 status and Data Availability for detail data

25 Mar 2008 - updated MAP-1 status for detail data

29 Feb 2008 - updated SPO-2 and AB-2 status, and AB-2 and MAP-1 Data Availability for detail data

04 Jan 2008 - updated Data Availability for SPO-2 detail data

03 Jan 2008 - updated SPO-1 status and Data Availability for detail data

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site in 2007

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site in 2006

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site in 2005

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site in 2004

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site in 2003

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site in 2002

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site in 2001

New at MGS MAG/ER WWW site prior to 2001

USA.gov Government Made Easy
MGS MAG/ER is an international collaboration by: