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

Table 3.

Predicted total annual sand flux and net sand transport direction (given as the direction from which the sand is transported, in deg clockwise relative to N) for ten different wind stress thresholds for the seven simulations shown in Fig. 11. *The mesoscale MarsWRF prediction is made using 7 sols of output every 30 of Ls, scaled up by the number of sols corresponding to that time of year (e.g. there are more sols per 30 of Ls around aphelion than perihelion) then summed to give an annual total. **The Ames high-resolution prediction is made using 10 sols of output every 90 of Ls, multiplied by 669/(104), and the MRAMS prediction is made using only 2 sols of output every 90 of Ls, multiplied by 669/(24), hence both provide only a rough estimate and are likely not representative of the behavior predicted if the year were sampled more completely

Simulation Threshold wind stress (Pa)
0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.018
GEM-Mars Flux 2.04e5 1.01e5 6.19e4 3.69e4 2.19e4 1.33e4 7.54e3 3.57e3 1.11e3 108
Dir 102 105 106 106 107 108 108 109 109 109
LMD global Flux 3.06e4 4.98e3 855 139 14.3 0.479 0 0 0 0
Dir 59 79 92 97 98 107
OpenMARS Flux 4.63e4 1.06e4 2.82e3 771 218 71.3 23.5 7.18 1.12 0
Dir 48 61 68 71 71 71 72 72 74
Ames low-resolution Flux 1.80e5 9.76e4 6.78e4 4.67e4 3.07e4 1.83e4 9.15e3 3.74e3 1.03e3 126
Dir 104 105 105 104 104 103 101 100 99 99
MarsWRF global Flux 2.32e5 1.18e5 7.374 4.48e4 2.55e4 1.26e4 4.72e3 1.08e3 80.2 0
Dir 114 116 118 118 119 119 122 125 126
Ames high-resolution** Flux 6.04e4 2.27e4 1.09e4 4.77e3 1.72e3 445 94.4 37.0 13.6 0
Dir 90 90 86 86 90 140 234 229 230
MarsWRF mesoscale* Flux 1.62e5 8.03e4 5.01e4 3.07e4 1.82e4 9.98e3 4.86e3 2.11e3 832 312
Dir 146 144 143 143 143 143 144 146 148 152
MRAMS** Flux 1.10e5 4.52e4 2.28e4 9.84e3 3.49e3 1.14e3 304 84.6 7.64 0
Dir 356 355 354 348 343 35 322 270 263