The Mars Climate Database, Version 6.1
E. Millour1, F. Forget 1, A. Spiga1, T. Pierron1, A. Bierjon1, L. M Ontabone1,2, M . Vals 1,3, F. Lefèvre3, F. M Ontmessin3, J.-Y.
Chaufray 3, M . A. López-Valverde4, F. González-Galindo4, S. R. Lewis 5, P. L. Read6, M .-C. Desjean7, F. Cipriani8 And The
M Cd Development Team.
1
Laboratoire De M Étéorologie Dynamique (Lm D), Ipsl, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, (Millour@Lmd.Jussieu.Fr), 2space
Science Institute, Boulder, Usa, 3laboratoire Atmosphères, M Ilieux, Observations Spatiales (Latm Os), Ipsl, Paris,
France, 4instituto De Astrofisica De Andalucia (Iaa-Csic), Granada, Spain, 5department Of Physical Sciences, The Open
University, M Ilton Keynes, Uk, 6atmospheric, Oceanic And Planetary Physics (Aopp), Oxford, Uk, 7centre National
D’Etudes Spatiales (Cnes), Toulouse, France, 8european Space Research And Technology Center (Estec), Noordwijk, The
Netherlands

Introduction:
The Mars Climate Database (Mcd) Is A Database
Of Meteorological Fields Derived From General Circulation Model (Gcm) Numerical Simulations Of The Martian Atmosphere And Validated Using Available Observational Data. The Mcd Includes Complementary
Post-Processing Schemes Such As High Spatial Resolution Interpolation Of Environmental Data And Means Of
Reconstructing The Variability Thereof.
The Gcm That Is Used To Create The Mcd Data Is
Developed At Laboratoire De Météorologie Dynamique Du Cnrs (Paris, France) [1] In Collaboration
With Latmos (Paris, France), The Open University