Global climate modeling of the Martian water cycle with improved microphysics and radiatively active water ice clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1479-1495

  Navarro, T ^a   Madeleine, J B ^a,b   Forget, F ^a   Spiga, A ^a   Millour, E ^a   Montmessin, F ^c   Maattanen A ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

atmosphere; climate; clouds; global climate model; Mars; water

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; HADLEY CELL; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SUPERSATURATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84906332328     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004550     Document Type: Article

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