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. 2021 Feb 8;217(1):20. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-00788-2

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 (Tair) is extrapolated, for the nine simulations presented here. See above and Sects. 3.13.7 for more explanation

Simulation Horizontal grid spacing Albedo Thermal inertia (Jm2K1s1/2) Emissivity Roughness map/method Roughness height, z0 (m) Height of lowest model layer (m) Tair given at (m)
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