MarsWRF verification code and results from the benchmark simulation
If you ran the default Mars simulation (exactly as described in the users guide) then you should be able to verify that your simulation produced the right results by:
- Running some simple diagnostics in IDL to plot model output (including zonal averages) and comparing these results with what we show, and/or
- Using ncview to plot model fields directly and comparing these results with what we show.
PLEASE NOTE: the exact results are sensitive to the precision of your system, compilers used, etc.. Your results may not look identical to those shown, but they should look very similar.
IDL stands for the Interactive Data Language. It requires a license, but you can use it to write programs that manipulate your dataset and produce a range of different plot types.
Ncview is open source software that can be dowloaded from here. It runs via a graphical user interface (GUI) and is an easy way to explore any netcdf file.
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The surface pressure cycle
As described in the running PlanetWRF page, running on for a second year is recommended to produce output unaffected by the spinup period. You can then e.g. plot the surface pressure cycle at the Viking Lander sites and compare to observations. This page shows results for the surface pressure in MarsWRF versus that observed at Viking Lander 1.