Table 1.
Horizontal grid spacing, surface properties at the landing site, height of the midpoint of the lowest model layer, and height to which atmospheric temperature () is extrapolated, for the nine simulations presented here. See above and Sects. 3.1–3.7 for more explanation
Simulation | Horizontal grid spacing | Albedo | Thermal inertia () | Emissivity | Roughness map/method | Roughness height, (m) | Height of lowest model layer (m) | given at (m) |
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GEM-Mars | 4∘ (237 km) | 0.1935 | 288.5 | 0.950 | Hébrard | 0.0074 | 2 | 2 |
LMD (global) | 5∘ (296 km) | 0.186 | 283.0 | 0.950 | Hébrard | 0.0078 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
OpenMARS | 5∘ (296 km) | 0.1667 | 321.0 | 0.950 | Hébrard | 0.0110 | 5 | 1.5 |
Ames (low resolution) | 1.875∘ (111 km) | 0.1540 | 284.4 | 0.944 | Uniform | 0.0100 | 5 | 5 |
MarsWRF (global) | 2∘ (118 km) | 0.1342 | 260.7 | 0.950 | Garvin | 0.0267 | 10 | 1.5 |
LMD (mesoscale) | 10 km | 0.165 | 319.0 | 0.950 | Hébrard | 0.0110 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Ames (high resolution) | 6.6 km | 0.1721 | 293.4 | 0.941 | Uniform | 0.0100 | 5 | 5 |
MarsWRF (domain 5) | 1.4 km | 0.1342 | 260.7 | 0.950 | Garvin | 0.0267 | 10 | 1.5 |
MRAMS | 2.96 km | 0.1362 | 260.0 | 0.950 | Garvin | 0.0300 | 14.5 | 14.5 |