Open AccessThe Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation ( MACDA ) Dataset V1.0
Author(s) -
Montabone L.,
Marsh K.,
Lewis S. R.,
Read P. L.,
Smith M. D.,
Holmes J.,
Spiga A.,
Lowe D.,
Pamment A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
geoscience data journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2049-6060
DOI - 10.1002/gdj3.13
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , data assimilation , martian , atmosphere of mars , spacecraft , environmental science , mars landing , martian surface , planet , remote sensing , meteorology , astrobiology , exploration of mars , geology , aerospace engineering , geography , physics , engineering , astronomy
The Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation ( MACDA ) dataset version 1.0 contains the reanalysis of fundamental atmospheric and surface variables for the planet Mars covering a period of about three Martian years (a Martian year is about 1.88 terrestrial years). This has been produced by data assimilation of observations from NASA 's Mars Global Surveyor ( MGS ) spacecraft during its science mapping phase (February 1999–August 2004). In particular, we have used retrieved thermal profiles and total dust optical depths from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer ( TES ) on board MGS . Data have been assimilated into a Mars global climate model ( MGCM ) using the Analysis Correction scheme developed at the UK Meteorological Office. The MGCM used is the UK spectral version of the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique ( LMD , Paris, France) MGCM . MACDA is a joint project of the University of Oxford and The Open University in the UK .