Mars Climate Database: The Web Interface

Beginners' column (1-click presets) Regular users' column Advanced settings and information
1) LANDING DATE Land now!
Curiosity Phoenix
Opportunity Spirit Pathfinder
Viking Lander 2 Viking Lander 1
CUSTOMIZE EARTH TIME
Year / Month / Day @ hh:mm:ss [UTC]
/ / @ ::

Earth Julian Date
Martian year
Martian month / 12
Martian sol / 669

2) TIME Morning Afternoon
Evening Night

3) ALTITUDE Near-surface
Boundary layer Troposphere
Mesosphere

CUSTOMIZE COORDINATES ON MARS
write a value (or) a range val1;val2 (or) 'all'
  • Latitude degree North
  • Longitude degree East
  • Local Time Martian hour
  • Altitude
  • Force Mars solar longitude to be degrees
  • High resolution topography? Yes No
  • Dust scenario?
4) INTEREST Atmosphere
Winds Weather
Water clouds Chemistry
Landing engineering
Glaciology Surface meteorology
Radiative balance
CUSTOMIZE VARIABLE(S) TO BE DISPLAYED

Variable 1
Variable 2
Variable 3
Variable 4
  • Add wind vectors No Yes
  • Set same LT on whole planet No Yes



Mars Climate Database (c) LMD/OU/IAA/ESA/CNES.
Python-based interface by Aymeric Spiga (LMD).