Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA): MGS/TES v1.0

This dataset contains basic gridded atmospheric and surface variables for the planet Mars over three martian years (a martian year is 1.88 terrestrial years), as produced by data assimilation of spacecraft observations. Each file in the dataset spans 30 martian mean solar days (sols) during the science mapping phase of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations's (NASA) Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft, between May 1999 and August 2004. The dataset is produced by the re-analysis of Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) retrievals of nadir thermal profiles and total dust opacities, using the Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) scheme in a Mars global circulation model (MGCM). The MGCM used is the UK spectral version of the model developed by the Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique in Paris, France. MACDA is a collaboration between the University of Oxford and The Open University in the UK.

Date (Publication): 2011-08-25T10:29:09

Date (Creation): 2011-08-25T10:29:09

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c69013e492b4412380630ed77bee9543

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / c69013e492b4412380630ed77bee9543

Citation identifier: doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/78114093-E2BD-4601-8AE5-3551E62AEF2B

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Oxford		unknown	Author
The Open University		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Montabone, Luca	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Lewis, Stephen R.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Read, Peter L.	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Montabone, Luca	Unavailable	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

Mars
Martian
MGCM

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1999-04-30T23:00:00

End date: 2004-08-30T23:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data availability and file format Data are freely available to all registered BADC users, subject to due credit being given to the data provider. The data themselves are held in CF-NetCDF format. The actual data can be found by following the link to the 'MACDA data directory' in the Online References section below, or going directly to http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/browse/badc/mgs/data/macda . Once you are there, if you are already a registered BADC user, simply click on 'Logon to BADC' and use your BADC username and password. You will then be directed to the main /badc/mgs/data/macda directory from which you can download the dataset files. If you are a new user, go first to http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/reg/user_register_info.html and register yourself to obtain a BADC username and password, then follow the steps above. For any problem, please send an email to the contacts below or contact BADC directly ( http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/help/contact.html).

Name

Version

Data availability and file format

Data are freely available to all registered BADC users, subject to due credit being given to the data provider. The data themselves are held in CF-NetCDF format.

The actual data can be found by following the link to the 'MACDA data directory' in the Online References section below, or going directly to http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/browse/badc/mgs/data/macda . Once you are there, if you are already a registered BADC user, simply click on 'Logon to BADC' and use your BADC username and password. You will then be directed to the main /badc/mgs/data/macda directory from which you can download the dataset files. If you are a new user, go first to http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/reg/user_register_info.html and register yourself to obtain a BADC username and password, then follow the steps above. For any problem, please send an email to the contacts below or contact BADC directly ( http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/help/contact.html).

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c69013e492b4412380630ed77bee9543	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/mgs/data/macda/v1-0	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/macda/number_of_assimilated_TES_dust_retrievals.png	Number of TES dust retrievals

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/macda/number_of_assimilated_TES_day_night_temperature_retrievals.png	Number of TES daytime and nightime temperature retrievals

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/macda/TESretrievals_number.nc	Number of TES retrievals (netcdf file)

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data provided to the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) by Luca Montabone in August 2011. Mars Global Surveyor/ Thermal Emission Spectrometer retrievals have been provided by Michael D. Smith (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA) to the University of Oxford in 2005.