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AN: P11A-0261    [Abstracts]
TI: Comparison of bulk water ice clouds in GM3 with SPICAM ice cloud measurements
AU: * Akingunola, A
EM: deji@nimbus.yorku.ca
AF: York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
AU: Mateshvili, N
EM: Nina.Mateshvili@aeronomie.be
AF: Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Ringlaan 3, Brussels, B-1180, Belgium
AU: McConnell, J C
EM: jack@nimbus.yorku.ca
AF: York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
AU: Daerden, F
EM: Frank.Daerden@bira-iasb.oma.be
AF: Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Ringlaan 3, Brussels, B-1180, Belgium
AU: Kaminski, J W
EM: jacek@nimbus.yorku.ca
AF: York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
AB: The Global Multiscale Mars Model (GM3) has an improved simulation of the water cycle on Mars which includes phase transitions between water vapour and bulk ice particles, eddy and molecular diffusion, gravitational sedimentation and transport between the polar caps, regolith and atmosphere. One year of nadir UV (200-310 nm) measurements from SPICAM have been used to retrieve cloud and dust optical thickness after allowing for Rayleigh and aerosol scattering and surface scattering. For the comparison with GM3 we focus on the tropical cloud belt (Ls 90-150).
DE: 5704 Atmospheres (0343, 1060)
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting