Plasma clouds seen at Mars are identified as nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz wave packets, and their ion fluxes are 10 to 100 times larger than steady escape channels.
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Simultaneous Mars-orbit observations reveal Kelvin-Helmholtz instability-driven bulk atmospheric ion escape
Plasma clouds seen at Mars are identified as nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz wave packets, and their ion fluxes are 10 to 100 times larger than steady escape channels.