Introduction of a New Titan GCM Using the Flexible Modeling System Dynamical Core

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Sep 2009

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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #41, #33.06

Physics

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We have developed a new Titan General Circulation Model based on the Flexible Modeling System (FMS) core developed at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). FMS uses a finite volume method to solve the governing equations, and we use the latitude-longitude grid package. We have added a radiative transfer package which is an updated version of that found in McKay et al. 1989 (The Thermal Structure of Titan's Atmosphere, Icarus, v.80, p.23) and a microphysics package capable of simulating methane and ethane cloud cycles as described in Barth and Toon 2006 (Methane, Ethane, and Mixed Clouds in Titan's Atmosphere: Properties Derived from Microphysical Modeling, Icarus, v.182, p.230). Here we will concentrate on the haze cycle, showing simulations depicting the seasonal transport of the particles in the main haze layer.
This project was funded by Southwest Research Institute IR&D.

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