3. Results: dust-free case
3. Results: dust-free case The numerical integration is performed for 6 days. On the 6th day, the regular diurnal change of total energy and kinetic energy are observed (Figure 2). It shows that the model atmosphere achieves an energetic equilibrium state on the time scale of diurnal change. Therefore, we show results on the 6th day as those of dust-free case in following sections. Horizontal mean fields Circulation structure of convection Surface stress Intensity of the convection Figure 2: Time evolution of total energy (left panel) and total kinetic energy (right panel) in dust-free case. The horizontal axis shows numerical integration time.
A numerical simulation of thermal convection in the Martian lower atmosphere.