Validating Mars GCMs Using High Resolution Ground-Based Observations
Abstract
Validation of Global Climate Models (GCMs) for other planets requires observational data, but in-situ measurements are expensive and constrained to their orbit or landing site. We used archival Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) data to observe spatial distribution of carbon monoxide around Mars and compared this data to a simulated map generated by the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD) Mars GCM. By comparing predicted concentrations in the GCM to actual observations, we can help refine the GCM and improve its predicative power.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AGUFM.P51C..03P
- Keywords:
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- 0343 Planetary atmospheres;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 6225 Mars;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS;
- 5405 Atmospheres;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS;
- 5445 Meteorology;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS