James R. Murphy

TL;DR: The Mars Pathfinder atmospheric structure investigation/meteorology (ASI/MET) experiment measured the vertical density, pressure, and temperature structure of the martian atmosphere from the surface to 160 km, and monitored surface meteorology and climate for 83 sols.

TL;DR: In this article, the characteristics of the zonal-mean circulation and how it responds to seasonal variations and dust loading are described, and the radiative effects of suspended dust particles, even in small amounts, have a major influence on the general circulation.

TL;DR: Throughout the MGS mission, thermospheric density bulges have been detected on opposite sides of the planet near 90 degreesE and 90 degreesW, in the vicinity of maximum terrain heights, suggesting a wave 2 pattern may be caused by topographically-forced planetary waves propagating up from the lower atmosphere.

TL;DR: The NASA Ames Mars General Circulation Model was used to interpret selected results from the Mars Pathfinder atmospheric structure instrument/meteorology (ASI/MET) experiment as discussed by the authors, where the dust observed at the Pathfinder site is assumed to be distributed throughout the lowest five to six scale heights.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a Mars general circulation model to examine the effect of orbital changes on the planet's general circulation and climate system and found that global mean surface temperatures and pressures decline with increasing obliquity due to the increasing extent of the winter polar caps.