PDS: The Planetary Atmospheres Node
External Sites for Mars Atmospheric Models
The following linkages are meant to provide a summary of available Models of Mars’ atmosphere. Suggestions for improvements or offers of data products to be included are invited. Please send them to Reta Beebe at rbeebe@nmsu.edu.
Global Climate Models
NASA Ames Mars Global Climate Model:
https://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/mars-climate-modeling-group/
with model output archived at https://data.nas.nasa.gov/mcmc/
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (LMD) Mars Global Climate Model and Database:
http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/
Mars Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF)
https://planetwrf.com/
Mesoscale Models
Mars Regional Atmosphere Modeling System (MRAMS)
https://www.boulder.swri.edu/~rafkin/
Oregon State University (OSU) Mars MM5 Model, DOI 10.1029/2001JE001618
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (LMD) Mars Mesoscale model, DOI 10.1029/2008JE003242
Upper Atmosphere Model
Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (M-GITM), DOI 10.1002/2014JE004715
Large Eddy Simulations
Oregon State University (OSU) Mars Large Eddy Simulation (LES) Model
Spiga, A., et al., 2016, Large-Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils and Convective Vortices. Space Science Reviews,203, Issues 1-4, 245-274. DOI 10.1007/s11214-016-0284-x
Data Assimilation Groups
Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS)
Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) Data Collection
Global Climate Models
NASA Ames Mars Global Climate Model:
https://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/mars-climate-modeling-group/
with model output archived at https://data.nas.nasa.gov/mcmc/
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (LMD) Mars Global Climate Model and Database:
http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/
Mars Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF)
https://planetwrf.com/
Mesoscale Models
Mars Regional Atmosphere Modeling System (MRAMS)
https://www.boulder.swri.edu/~rafkin/
Oregon State University (OSU) Mars MM5 Model, DOI 10.1029/2001JE001618
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (LMD) Mars Mesoscale model, DOI 10.1029/2008JE003242
Upper Atmosphere Model
Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (M-GITM), DOI 10.1002/2014JE004715
Large Eddy Simulations
Oregon State University (OSU) Mars Large Eddy Simulation (LES) Model
Spiga, A., et al., 2016, Large-Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils and Convective Vortices. Space Science Reviews,203, Issues 1-4, 245-274. DOI 10.1007/s11214-016-0284-x
Data Assimilation Groups
Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS)
Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) Data Collection
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