SIMULATION OF THE 2018 GLOBAL DUST STORM ON MARS USING THE NASA AMES MARS. GCM: A MULTI-TRACER APPROACH Bertrand et al. JGR 2020 ************* Variables 3D ************* ucomp : zonal wind (m/s) vcomp : meridional wind (m/s) temp : atm temperature (K) dst_mass_micro : Dust mixing ratio (kg/kg) ************* Variables 2D ************* stress : surface wind stress (m/s) dst_mass_surf : dust amount on surface (kg/m2) dst_mass_source : dust lifting rate from surface (kg/m2/s) dst_mass_col : column dust mass in atmosphere (kg/m2) tau_current : VIS dust opacity normalized at 610 Pa tau_scenario : VIS dust opacity normalized at 610 Pa from the Daily Global Dust Maps (Montabone et al 2019) ********* Files ********* Description Time sampling Time range Corresponding figures Simus_REF_ls180-216_3D_DAILY.nc Reference simulation Daily, every 2H Ls=180-216 13,14 Simus_REF_ls140-300_2D_DAILY.nc Reference simulation Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 3,4,8,9,12,16 Simus_REF_ls140-300_3D_AVE.nc Reference simulation Averaged, 4 sols Ls=140-300 5,6,7,10,11 Simus_TAG_ls140-300_2D_DAILY.nc Reference simulation with tagged sources Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 2,18,19,20,21 Simus_TAGPLUME_ls194-213_3D_DAILY.nc Reference simulation with tagged plumes Daily, every 2H Ls=194-213 15,16 Simus_MY33_ls0-360_3D_AVE.nc Simulation MY33 Averaged, 4 sols Ls=0-360 22 Simus_MY25_ls140-300_surf_DAILY.nc Simulation MY25 Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 23 Simus_REFF1_ls140-300_2D_DAILY.nc Sensitivity study : effective radius = 1 microns Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 Simus_REFF2_ls140-300_2D_DAILY.nc Sensitivity study : effective radius = 2 microns Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 8 Simus_REF_cut208_ls140-300_2D_DAILY.nc Sensitivity study : lifting shut down at Ls=208 Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 8 Simus_REF_cut205_ls140-300_2D_DAILY.nc Sensitivity study : lifting shut down at Ls=205 Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 8 Simus_PBLFIX25_ls140-300_2D_DAILY.nc Sensitivity study : Fixed PBL at 10 km Daily, every 2H Ls=140-300 binned_T15_fields.nc Figure 1 - T15 temperatures binned for 7 martian years