The impact of a realistic vertical dust distribution on the simulation of the Martian General Circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 980-993

  Guzewich, Scott D ^a   Toigo, Anthony D ^b   Richardson, Mark I ^c   Newman, Claire E ^c   Talaat, Elsayed R ^b   Waugh, Darryn W ^d   McConnochie, Timothy H ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Ashima Research   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; GCM Modeling; Mars Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; JET; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERLY;

EID: 84882778593     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgre.20084     Document Type: Article

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