A new model to simulate the Martian mesoscale and microscale atmospheric circulation: Validation and first results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Spiga, Aymeric ^a   Forget, François ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CRATER; DOWNSCALING; GRAVITY WAVE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRACER; VORTEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 66149188276     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003242     Document Type: Article

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