Newly released Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph/Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (IUVS/MAVEN) measurements of CO2 density in the Martian thermosphere have been used for comparison with the predictions of the Max Planck Institute Martian General Circulation Model (MPI-MGCM). The simulations reproduced (within one standard deviation) the available zonal mean density and derived temperature above 130 km. The MGCM replicated the observed dominant zonal wave number 3 nonmigrating tide and demonstrated that it represents a nonmoving imprint of the topography in the thermosphere. The comparison shows a great dependence of the simulated density and temperature to the prescribed solar flux, atomic oxygen abundances and gravity wave effects, with the former two being especially important in the thermosphere above 130 km and the latter playing a significant role both in the mesosphere and thermosphere.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/614739 |
| Date | 16 April 2016 |
| Creators | Medvedev, Alexander S., Nakagawa, Hiromu, Mockel, Chris, Yiğit, Erdal, Kuroda, Takeshi, Hartogh, Paul, Terada, Kaori, Terada, Naoki, Seki, Kanako, Schneider, Nicholas M., Jain, Sonal K., Evans, J. Scott, Deighan, Justin I., McClintock, William E., Lo, Daniel, Jakosky, Bruce M. |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research; Göttingen Germany, Department of Geophysics; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research; Göttingen Germany, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research; Göttingen Germany, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research; Göttingen Germany, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research; Göttingen Germany, Department of Geophysics; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan, Department of Geophysics; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan, Department of Earth and Planetary Science; University of Tokyo; Tokyo Japan, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA, Computational Physics, Inc.; Springfield Virginia USA, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory; University of Arizona; Tucson Arizona USA, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA |
| Publisher | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | ©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
| Relation | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2016GL068388 |
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