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
write a value (or) a range val1;val2 (or) 'all'
EARTH date
YY / MM / DD @ hh:mm:ss
/
/
@
:
:
UTC
If longitude is a free dimension, 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
Thermosphere
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)
Dust/EUV scenario
climatology ave solar
climatology min solar
climatology max solar
dust storm min solar
dust storm ave solar
dust storm max solar
warm (dusty, max solar)
cold (low dust, min solar)
Interpolate using MOLA topography
on
off
MCD version
5.0
4) INTEREST
Atmosphere
Winds
Weather
Water cycle
Chemistry
Landing engineering
Glaciology
Surface meteorology
Radiative balance
CUSTOMIZE VARIABLE(S) TO BE DISPLAYED
Variable 1
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
Horizontal wind (m/s)
Vertical wind (m/s, pos. when downward)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Dust column vis opt depth above surf
Dust mass mixing ratio (kg/kg)
Dust effective radius (m)
Dust deposition on flat surface (kg/m2/s)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water cloud ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Convective PBL height (m)
Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2)
Max PBL updraft wind (m/s)
Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s)
PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2)
PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
Pressure day to day variability (Pa)
Temperature day to day variability (K)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
Dust column day to day variability
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)
CO2 column (kg/m2)
Ar column (kg/m2)
CO column (kg/m2)
O3 column (kg/m2)
[CO2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[Ar] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O3] ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[e-] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
e- column (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Variable 2
(None)
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
Horizontal wind (m/s)
Vertical wind (m/s, pos. when downward)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Dust column vis opt depth above surf
Dust mass mixing ratio (kg/kg)
Dust effective radius (m)
Dust deposition on flat surface (kg/m2/s)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water cloud ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Convective PBL height (m)
Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2)
Max PBL updraft wind (m/s)
Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s)
PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2)
PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
Pressure day to day variability (Pa)
Temperature day to day variability (K)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
Dust column day to day variability
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)
CO2 column (kg/m2)
Ar column (kg/m2)
CO column (kg/m2)
O3 column (kg/m2)
[CO2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[Ar] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O3] ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[e-] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
e- column (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Variable 3
(None)
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
Horizontal wind (m/s)
Vertical wind (m/s, pos. when downward)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Dust column vis opt depth above surf
Dust mass mixing ratio (kg/kg)
Dust effective radius (m)
Dust deposition on flat surface (kg/m2/s)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water cloud ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Convective PBL height (m)
Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2)
Max PBL updraft wind (m/s)
Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s)
PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2)
PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
Pressure day to day variability (Pa)
Temperature day to day variability (K)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
Dust column day to day variability
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)
CO2 column (kg/m2)
Ar column (kg/m2)
CO column (kg/m2)
O3 column (kg/m2)
[CO2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[Ar] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O3] ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[e-] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
e- column (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Variable 4
(None)
Temperature (K)
Pressure (Pa)
Density (kg/m3)
Horizontal wind (m/s)
Vertical wind (m/s, pos. when downward)
W-E wind component (m/s)
S-N wind component (m/s)
Surface temperature (K)
Surface pressure (Pa)
Dust column vis opt depth above surf
Dust mass mixing ratio (kg/kg)
Dust effective radius (m)
Dust deposition on flat surface (kg/m2/s)
Water vapor column (kg/m2)
Water cloud ice column (kg/m2)
Water vapor vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
Water ice mixing ratio (mol/mol)
surface CO2 ice layer (kg/m2)
Convective PBL height (m)
Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2)
Max PBL updraft wind (m/s)
Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s)
PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2)
PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K)
Surf. pres. day to day variability (Pa)
Pressure day to day variability (Pa)
Temperature day to day variability (K)
density day to day variability (kg/m^3)
Dust column day to day variability
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)
CO2 column (kg/m2)
Ar column (kg/m2)
CO column (kg/m2)
O3 column (kg/m2)
[CO2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[Ar] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[CO] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O3] ozone vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[O2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[H2] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
[e-] vol. mixing ratio (mol/mol)
e- column (kg/m2)
Air heat capacity Cp (J kg-1 K-1)
Air viscosity estimation (N s m-2)
Set picture resolution
medium
high
eps
Set colormap
blue green yellow red
grey
blue
yellow orange red
rainbow
black red yellow
blue white red
Set bounds in 2D plots
min
max
Wind vectors in lat/lon plot
off
on
Zonal average in lat/alt plot
off
on
Log(values) in 1D plots
off
on
Mars Climate Database
(c) LMD/OU/IAA/ESA/CNES.
Interface written by
A. Spiga
(LMD) using Python.
Javascript time conversion by
E. Millour
(
link
).