Mars General Circulation Model
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The Mars General Circulation Model (MGCM) is the result of a research project by NASA to understand the nature of the general circulation of the atmosphere of Mars, how that circulation is driven and how it affects the climate of Mars in the long term. It is a complex 3 dimensional (height, latitude, longitude) model, which represents the processes of atmospheric heating by gases and ground-air heat transfer, as well as large-scale atmospheric motions.[1].
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- ^ Mars General Circulation Model - Research. NASA. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
