Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-8-251-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-8-251-2019
Research article
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20 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 20 Sep 2019

A user-orientated column modelling framework for efficient analyses of the Martian atmosphere

Mark Paton, Ari-Matti Harri, Oliver Vierkens, and Hannu Savijärvi

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MRO MARS CLIMATE SOUNDER LEVEL 4 RDR V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, MRO-M-MCS-4-RDR-V1.0 D. J. McCleese and J. T. Schofield http://ode.rsl.wustl.edu/mars/index.aspx

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Short summary
A software application for streamlining investigations of the Martian atmosphere is described. The main components are a 1-D model of the Martian atmosphere, observations of the Martian atmosphere and a software wrapper. We verify our model using the application. The model and observations agree except over the winter solstice where mechanical heating of the atmosphere, from downward flowing air, is likely warming the atmosphere. We update our model to include this effect.