Integration of the dust-free case was carried out for six model days
with the initial conditions. As shown in Figure 2, regular diurnal
variations are observed for total energy and amplitude of total
kinetic energy is almost constant throughout the six days. By day 6,
the model atmosphere is considered to be in an energetically
equilibrium state. The results obtained for day 6 of the simulation
are described in the following subsections.
Figure 2:
Time series for total energy (left panel) and total kinetic energy (right panel).
A numerical simulation of thermal convection
in the Martian lower atmosphere with a two-dimensional anelastic model
Odaka, Nakajima, Ishiwatari, Hayashi,
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