*************************************************************************************** Date: 17-September-2019 Who: S. W. Bougher General Details of MGITM datasets for PEDE Dust Event in Summer 2018 ***************************************************************************************** PEDE Dust Storm Campaigns (see Elrod et al., 2019; Jain et al., 2019) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interval Date (2018) Season (Ls) Periapsis Latitude Periapsis TLST Narrative (DEG) (Hours) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 June 1 185.2 27.0S 8.8 Onset of Storm 2 June 8 189.2 19.0S 7.8 1st UATM Detection 3 June 12 191.6 16.0S 7.4 Growth Phase 4 June 16 194.0 13.0S 7.1 Growth Phase 5 June 20 196.0 10.0S 6.6 PEDE Declared 6 June 27 200.4 5.0S 6.0 Periapsis to Nightside 7 July 7-10 207-208 4.0N 5.0 Peak of PEDE 8 August 15 230.5 27.0N 2.0 Early Decay Phase 9 August 30 240.6 45.0N 23.0 Mid Decay Phase ***************************************************************************************** MGITM Results are presented on a regular GEO grid (Longitude-Latitude-Altitude): ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LON (72 elements) = 2.5 to 357.5 by 5.0 degree interval (fastest index) LAT (36 elements) = -87.5 to +87.5 by 5.0 degree interval ALT (62 elements) = 98.75 to 251.25 km by 2.5 km interval (slowest index) where LON (2.5 to 180 to 357.5E) corresponds to SLT = 12 to 24 to 12 (We have selected the proper UT for each dataset for this match) Fields (18): -- Temperatures : Tn, Ti, Te (neutral, ion, electron) -- Major neutral densites : [CO2], [O], [N2], [CO], [O2], [Ar] -- Major plasma densities : [O2+], [O+], [CO2+], [Ne] (dayside only, best in PCE region below 200 km) -- 3-component neutral winds: Un, Vn, Wn -- Pressure (total) : P -- Solar Zenith Angle : SZA Units = All Temperatures (K), All densities (#/m3), 3-component winds (m/s), Pressure (pascals), SZA (degrees) File Nomenclature: ------------------------------ PEDE2.MGITM.YYMMDD.utXX.userdetic.dat YY = last 2-digits of year MM = 2-digit month DD = 2-digit day of month XX = Universal Time (on Earth): 2-digit integral hours MonthYear = PEDE2 Interval e.g. PEDE2.MGITM.160922.ut20.userdetic.dat YY = 16 MM = 09 DD = 22 XX = 20 18-Files in the respository for downloading: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PEDE2.MGITM.180530.UT07.userdetic.dat README.30MAY2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2.MGITM.180607.UT13.userdetic.dat README.07JUNE2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2.MGITM.180611.UT16.userdetic.dat README.11JUNE2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2.MGITM.180615.UT18.userdetic.dat README.15JUNE2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2.MGITM.180619.UT21.userdetic.dat README.19JUNE2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2.MGITM.180626.UT01.userdetic.dat README.26JUNE2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2.MGITM.180709.UT09.userdetic.dat README.09JULY2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2I.MGITM.180814.UT08.userdetic.dat README.14AUG2018.DATACUBE.txt PEDE2I.MGITM.180830.UT19.userdetic.dat README.30AUG2018.DATACUBE.txt FISM-Mars daily averaged solar EUV-UV fluxes (1-195 nm) used based upon MAVEN Extreme Ultraviolet Monitor (EUVM) instrument: Thiemann et al. (2017). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 3 EUVM daily products used: v11_r04 (all PEDE intervals) ***************************************************************************************** Specific Key References pertaining to MGITM Simulations plus MAVEN NGIMS and IUVS Datasets: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bougher et al. (2015), J. Geophys. Res., 120, 311-342, doi:10.1002/2014JE004715. Bougher et al. (2015), Space Sci. Reviews, 195, 423-456, doi:10.1007/s11214-014-0053-7. Bougher et al. (2017), J. Geophys. Res., 122, 1296-1313, doi:10.1002/2016JA023454. Thiemann et al. (2017), J. Geophys. Res., 122, 2748-2767. doi:10.1002/2016JA023512. Roeten et al. (2019), J. Geophys. Res., XXX, YYYY-YYYY. doi: Jain et al. (2019), Geophys. Res. Lett., XXX, YYYY-YYYY. doi: Elrod et al. (2019), Geophys. Res. Lett., XXX, YYYY-YYYY. doi: Citation for this dataset: ------------------------- Bougher, S.W., Roeten, K.J.,Sharrar, R. (2019). Mars Thermospheric Responses to a Global Dust Storm (PEDE-2018): Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (M-GITM) Simulated Datasets for Comparison to MAVEN Spacecraft Measurements [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/xxxxxx *****************************************************************************************