README — Description of the data files Latitude:XX.XX_Longitude:YY.YY.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Each file contains a table with 13 columns and no header. Each row corresponds to a specific local solar time, sorted in ascending order. Only points between latitudes -60° and +60° are included. File naming convention: Latitude:_Longitude:.txt Columns: 1. Local true solar time [sol] 2. Solar longitude [°] 3. Latitude of the point [°N] 4. Longitude of the point [°E] 5. Surface temperature [K] 6. Subsurface ice temperature [K] 7. Surface pressure [Pa] 8. Partial vapor pressure of atmospheric H2O [Pa] 9. Saturation vapor pressure over liquid water at surface temperature [Pa] 10. Saturation vapor pressure over ice at surface temperature [Pa or -1] 11. Frost thickness [µm] 12. Saturation vapor pressure over liquid water at subsurface ice temperature [Pa or -1] 13. Saturation vapor pressure over ice at subsurface ice temperature [Pa or -1] Notes: - Frost thickness (column 11) is computed from the mass of frost per unit area divided by the density of ice (920 kg/m³), and converted to micrometers (µm). - Saturation vapor pressure over liquid water at the surface (column 9) is computed using Eq. 10 of Murphy and Koop (2005) - The same equation is used for the saturation vapor pressure over liquid water at subsurface ice temperature (column 12). If subsurface ice is not predicted to be stable by the PCM, the a value of -1 is assigned to this quantity. - Saturation vapor pressure over ice at the surface (column 9) is computed using Eq. 7 of Murphy and Koop (2005). If there is less than 1 µm at this location, then this value is set to -1. - The same equation is used for the saturation vapor pressure over ice at subsurface ice temperature (column 13). If subsurface ice is not predicted to be stable by the PCM, the a value of -1 is assigned to this quantity.