The Water Cycle in the Northern Polar Region of Mars: Improved Modeling Using the LMD Global Climate Model

J.-B. Madeleine (1) , F. Forget (1, 2) , E. Millour (1) , A. Spiga (1) , Franck Montmessin (3) , Anni Määttänen (3)

1 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
2 UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
3 PLANETO - LATMOS

Modeling of the water cycle is improved by implementing the radiative effect of water-ice clouds, the scavenging of dust particles and a refined description of the polar caps in the LMD Global Climate Model. The resulting water cycle is discussed

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

J.-B. Madeleine, F. Forget, E. Millour, A. Spiga, Franck Montmessin, et al.. The Water Cycle in the Northern Polar Region of Mars: Improved Modeling Using the LMD Global Climate Model. Fifth International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Sep 2011, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. ⟨hal-00768563⟩