The Martian bow shock over solar cycle 23‐24 as observed by the Mars Express mission

BESH acknowledges previous support through STFC grant ST/K502121/1 and also through ST/M001059/1, JW also from STFC grant ST/M001059/1, ML and BS‐C through STFC grant ST/N000749/1. The Swedish contribution to the ASPERA‐3 experiment is supported by funding from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). The MEX ASPERA‐3 datasets are hosted on the European Space Agency's Planetary Science Archive, and we thank the mission/instrument PIs, and the database managers for their support of the MEX mission. The derived bow shock crossing list in this study is hosted and available from the Lancaster University Research Directory with DOI: https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/285. The TIMED‐SEE data was downloaded from the University of Colorado’s website (http://lasp.colorado.edu/lisird/index.html) and we thank the PIs for access to this dataset. The OMNI 2 dataset are available on the GSFC/SPDF OMNIWeb platform (http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/) and we are grateful to the PIs for the creation and maintenance of this vast dataset. The authors thank the Mars Upper Atmosphere Network led by Hermann J. Opgenoorth for rich discussions at their semi‐annual meetings. BESH, whom has since left academia to pursue other ventures, would personally like to thank the hard work, commitment, and leadership of BS‐C as they took ownership of this publication throughout the review process enabling it to reach its final publishable state.