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 scenario climatology min solar climatology ave 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 Beta-testing (only for developers) off on
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) 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) (beta) Convective PBL height (m) (beta) Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2) (beta) Ar vol.mix.rat. (mol/mol) (beta) Max PBL updraft wind (m/s) (beta) Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s) (beta) PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2) (beta) PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K) 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) (beta) Convective PBL height (m) (beta) Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2) (beta) Ar vol.mix.rat. (mol/mol) (beta) Max PBL updraft wind (m/s) (beta) Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s) (beta) PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2) (beta) PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K) 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) (beta) Convective PBL height (m) (beta) Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2) (beta) Ar vol.mix.rat. (mol/mol) (beta) Max PBL updraft wind (m/s) (beta) Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s) (beta) PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2) (beta) PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K) 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) (beta) Convective PBL height (m) (beta) Surf. wind stress (Kg/m/s2) (beta) Ar vol.mix.rat. (mol/mol) (beta) Max PBL updraft wind (m/s) (beta) Max PBL downdraft wind (m/s) (beta) PBL vert wind variance (m2/s2) (beta) PBL eddy vert heat flux (m/s/K)	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
		Mars Climate Database (c) LMD/OU/IAA/ESA/CNES. Interface written by A. Spiga (LMD) using Python.