Update And Status Of The Mars Climate Modeling Center
At Nasa Ames Research Center
M. A. Kahre (Melinda.A.Kahre@Nasa.Gov), R. J. Wilson, A. S. Brecht, R. M. Haberle*, C.E. Harman, Nasa
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Ca, Usa, R. A. Urata, A. Kling, K. E. Steakley, C. M. Batterson, Bay
Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, Ca, Usa, V. Hartwick, L. Gkouvelis, Nasa Postdoctoral
Program, Nasa Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Ca, Usa, T. Bertrand, Lesia Observatoire De Paris,
Meudon, France. *Retired Jan 4, 2022.
Introduction: Nasa Ames Research Center Has
A Long-Established History In The Study And Numerical
Modeling Of Mars’ Atmosphere And Climate. Such
Studies Began With The Late Jim Pollack And Have Continued Under The Leaderships Of Bob Haberle, Jeff Hollingsworth, And Now Melinda Kahre. Our Group Has
Grown To More Than 10 Members, Including Civil Servants, Research Scientists, Postdocs, And Students.
While We Still Prioritize Science And The Model Development That Supports It, We Have Recently Enhanced
Efforts To Make Our Codes And Output Publicly Available And Boost Community Engagement Through The
Hosting Of Modeling Tutorials, Etc. Here Our Goal Is To
Present The Status Of The Ames Mars Gcm, Our Ongoing Science Projects, The Tools We Have Recently Made
Publicly Available, And Our Plans For Releases And Continued Community Engagement.
Status Of The New Ames Mars Gcm: We Are
Retiring Our Older, Latitude-Longitude Dynamical Core
(Our Legacy Mars Gcm) And Are Completing The Transition To The Noaa/Gfdl Cubed-Sphere Finite Volume (Fv3; Figure 1). This New Dynamical Core Is