Mars mesosphere and thermosphere coupling - Semidiurnal tides

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Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.3281b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. E2, p. 3281-3295.

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Atmospheric General Circulation Models, Atmospheric Tides, Mars Atmosphere, Planetary Meteorology, Thermosphere, Coupling, Dust Storms, Mesosphere, Mars, Atmosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Structure, Circulation, Tidal Effects, Spacecraft Observations, Mariner 9 Mission, Uvs Instrument, Models, Diurnal Variations, Simulations, Temperature, Altitude, Dust, Parameters, Comparisons, Amplitude, Wind, Oxygen, Phases, Dynamics, Dissipation

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The Mars thermospheric general circulation model (MTGCM) is modified to examine the impact of a prescribed semidiurnal tidal wave upon Martian thermospheric fields corresponding to near solar minimum (Mariner 9) and solar maximum (Mariner 6-7) observational periods. The effects of upward propagating tides are introduced into the Mars Thermospheric General circulation Model (MTGCM) by appropriately specifying its lower boundary condition according to classical tidal theory. Estimates of the amplitude and phase of the likely dominant semidiurnal (2,2) mode at the mesopause (about 100 km) are specified for a range of possible lower atmosphere dust conditions. MTGCM simulations contrasting tidally driven fields with solar-only forced ones exhibit a dramatic change in the horizontal and vertical wind patterns, whereby the global temperature and oxygen distributions are also modified significantly.

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