Diurnal- and zonal-mean (DZM), and solar-synchronous tidal components, of Ar and N2 densities in Mars thermosphere

This data set consists of diurnal- and zonal-mean (DZM) amplitudes, and DW1 and SW2 amplitudes and phases, of Ar and N2 densities derived from multi-year binning, averaging and sinusoidal decomposition of measurements made by the NGIMS instrument on the MAVEN satellite at Mars.

The data are provided as a function of height (every 5 km, 160-250 km), latitude (60S-60N) and Ls (0-360) in 6 IDL .sav files.

More details are found in the README_AllC_DZM_MIG.txt file, including information on how to read the files.

This data set is made available in connection with the following publication: 

Forbes, J.M., Zhang, X., Fang, X., and Benna, M. (2024). Zonal-mean N2 and Ar Densities and Temperatures in Mars Thermosphere from MAVEN. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 129, e2024JA032979.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA032979