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Physics-Informed Multi-Task Surrogate Model for the Martian Nightside Thermosphere

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 9, 2026 · UTC

Modeling the Martian nightside thermosphere remains challenging due to sparse in situ sampling and strong coupling among transport, magnetic, and seasonal processes. Purely data-driven models can produce non-physical artifacts, such as density inversions, in poorly sampled altitude regimes. We present a multi-task physics-informed neural network that simultaneously predicts the base-10 logarithmic densities of four neutral species (O, CO$_2$, N$_2$, and Ar) using more than a decade of MAVEN/NGIMS observations (MY 32-38, 2014-2025). A shared backbone learns a common representation of the nights

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