Coupling Planet Simulator Mars, a general circulation model of the Martian atmosphere, to the ice sheet model SICOPOLIS

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2087-2096

  Stenzel, O J ^a   Grieger, B ^a   Keller, H U ^a   Greve, R ^b   Fraedrich, K ^c   Kirk, E ^c   Lunkeit, F ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate simulation; Mars; Martian ice caps; Obliquity; Planetary atmospheres

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS;

ICE SHEET MODEL SICOPOLIS; MARTIAN NORTH POLAR ICE CAP (NPC); PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES; POLYTHERMAL ICE-SHEET MODEL;

ASTROBIOLOGY;

EID: 36148984240     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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