Community Analysis Pipeline (CAP) and Mars Global Climate Model (GCM) Tutorial

Virtual | November 13–15, 2023

The Mars Climate Modeling Center at NASA Ames Research Center held a virtual modeling tutorial from November 13–15, 2023. The first part focused on teaching users how to analyze model output with the Community Analysis Pipeline (CAP), which is an open-source python-based analysis toolkit. The second part focused on teaching users how to use the new NASA Ames Mars Global Climate Model (MGCM), which is based on the NOAA/GFDL cubed-sphere finite volume (FV3) dynamical core and the Ames Legacy GCM physics. The tutorial was hosted on the Science Managed Cloud Environment (SMCE) and invited students, teachers, and researchers with a range of numerical modeling experiences to participate.

NASA/Ames Legacy Mars Global Climate Model (GCM) Tutorial

Virtual | November 2–4, 2021

The Mars Climate Modeling Center at NASA Ames Research Center hosted a virtual modeling tutorial November 2–4, 2021. The tutorial aimed to teach new users how to use and analyze output from the NASA Ames Legacy Mars Global Climate Model (Legacy MGCM). The tutorial included lectures and hands-on sessions with the goal of teaching participants about the basic physics in the model, its subroutines and flow diagrams, how to make changes to the code, how to compile and run the model, and how to analyze model output. Students, teachers, and researchers with a range of numerical modeling experiences participated.

Mars Global Climate Modeling Session at the Fall AGU Meeting

Washington, D.C. | December 12, 2018

The Mars Global Climate Modeling Session at the Fall AGU Meeting brought together scientists from different climate modeling groups to discuss the current state of models, future development plans, and recent scientific insights from climate modeling efforts.

MCMC Extended Group Meeting

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR | July 24-26, 2017

The MCMC Extended Group Meeting focused discussion on the current status of the Ames Legacy GCM, current (known) model issues, current model development projects, current science projects, and future plans.

MCMC Extended Group Meeting & GCM Tutorial

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA | July 13-17, 2015

The meeting portion focused on the current status of the NASA Ames Legacy MGCM, including model issues, development projects, science projects, and future plans. The tutorial provided descriptions of the model itself (architecture, physics packages, etc.) and instructions for running the model and analyzing its output.

Mars Recent Climate Change Workshop

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA | May 15-17, 2012

The Mars Recent Climate Change Workshop gathered together atmospheric scientists and geologists to further our understanding of recent climate change on Mars brought about by varying orbital parameters such as obliquity, eccentricity and season of perihelion.

Mars Dust Cycle Workshop

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA | September 15-17, 2009

Purpose: The goal of the Mars Dust Cycle Workshop was to gather observers, modelers, and experimentalists to further our understanding of the processes responsible for the lifting, transport, and removal of dust in the Martian atmosphere.

Mars Climate Modeling Center Workshop

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA | September 30 – October 2, 2008

The Mars Climate Modeling Center Workshop gathered the Mars atmospheric science community together to discuss the value of forming a dedicated Mars Climate Modeling Center (MCMC) to serve NASA and the Mars community.

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