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
MARS date
Solar longitude
degrees
Local Time
Martian hour
EARTH date
YY / MM / DD @ hh:mm:ss
/
/
@
:
:
UTC
Option for 2D maps: local time value is
at longitude 0
fixed for the whole planet
Earth Julian Date
Mars year
- month
/ 12
- 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
Altitude
m above surface
m above "sea level"
m from Mars center
Pa (pressure level)
High resolution topography?
Yes
No
Dust scenario?
MY24 min solar
MY24 ave solar
MY24 max solar
dust storm tau=4 min solar
dust storm tau=4 ave solar
dust storm tau=4 max solar
warm scenario (dusty, max solar)
cold scenario (low dust, min solar)
4) INTEREST
Atmosphere
Winds
Weather
Water clouds
Chemistry
Landing engineering
Glaciology
Surface meteorology
Radiative balance
CUSTOMIZE VARIABLE(S) TO BE DISPLAYED
Variable 1
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
daily max mean surf temperature (K)
daily min mean surf temperature (K)
thermal IR flux to surface (W/m2)
solar flux to surface (W/m2)
thermal IR flux to space (W/m2)
solar flux reflected to space (W/m2)
O3 ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Variable 2
(None)
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
daily max mean surf temperature (K)
daily min mean surf temperature (K)
thermal IR flux to surface (W/m2)
solar flux to surface (W/m2)
thermal IR flux to space (W/m2)
solar flux reflected to space (W/m2)
O3 ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Variable 3
(None)
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
daily max mean surf temperature (K)
daily min mean surf temperature (K)
thermal IR flux to surface (W/m2)
solar flux to surface (W/m2)
thermal IR flux to space (W/m2)
solar flux reflected to space (W/m2)
O3 ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Variable 4
(None)
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
daily max mean surf temperature (K)
daily min mean surf temperature (K)
thermal IR flux to surface (W/m2)
solar flux to surface (W/m2)
thermal IR flux to space (W/m2)
solar flux reflected to space (W/m2)
O3 ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Add wind vectors
No
Yes
Mars Climate Database
(c) LMD/OU/IAA/ESA/CNES.
Python-based interface by
Aymeric Spiga
(LMD).