Table 2.
Daily mean visible column dust opacity over the landing site at the four key seasons examined in Sects. 5 and 6, and a summary of the dust scenario used, for each of the nine simulations
| Simulation | Visible dust opacity for season shown | Dust scenario used (see Sects. 3.1.1 to 3.7.1 for more details) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ls ∼ 5∘ | Ls ∼ 90∘ | Ls ∼ 180∘ | Ls ∼ 270∘ | ||
| GEM-Mars | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.52 | Interactive dust with dust devil and saltation lifting |
| LMD global | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.62 | Interactive dust but rescaled to match dust maps from years without global storms |
| OpenMARS | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.61 | Assimilated temperature and dust from MY32 |
| Ames low-resolution | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.4 | 0.63 | Interactive dust but with lifting constrained to match MY30 dust opacity map |
| MarsWRF global | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.44 | Prescribed using TES nadir and limb dust opacities for years without global storms |
| LMD mesoscale | 0.31 | N/A | N/A | N/A | As in LMD global model |
| Ames high-resolution | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.4 | 0.63 | As in Ames low-resolution model |
| MarsWRF mesoscale | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.44 | As in MarsWRF global model |
| MRAMS | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.54 | Prescribed using MY24 TES nadir dust maps and SPICAM vertical profiles |