Sporadic E layers are unpredictable terrestrial ionospheric phenomena that can perturb telecommunication. Plasma features akin to sporadic E layers and their opposite (sporadic E rifts), never observed on Earth, were detected in the ionosphere of Mars from MAVEN data. In contrast to those observed on Earth, they are long lived and form at predictable locations.
- Glyn A. Collinson
- James McFadden
- Bruce Jakosky
