Mesoscale Simulation at Valles Marineris with the Planetary Weather Research and Forecasting Model

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006dps....38.7005i&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #70.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.625

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Valles Marineris is the deepest canyon on Mars, and its topography affects the climate both globally and locally. The equatorial cloud belt appears from areocentric solar longitudes of 45 to 150 degrees, and the clouds associated with the valley are a part of it. Before the main belt developed in 2004, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) and the spectrometer OMEGA on board Mars Express observed a dusty haze floating inside the valley. It became thinner after three days, and disappeared within ten days.
The Planetary Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model has been modified at Caltech from the terrestrial mesoscale WRF model developed mainly by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). It can simulate the diurnal / seasonal change of wind direction and temperature profile in a limited area with high spatial resolution. Formations of clouds and dust hazes strongly depend on these phenomena. We will present the results of mesoscale simulations of Valles Marineris in Northern spring to summer.

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