Mars Climate Database Training Session May 26th 2016 ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands

Tentative program

• What do we know of the Martian environment? Constraints from observations.
• Modeling the Martian climate, the LMD climate models.
• The Mars Climate Database:
  • General description of the MCD
  • The web interface
  • The full version: detailed description of available options
  • MCD interfaces
  • Things to be aware of to efficiently use the MCD
• Validation: "where you should and should not trust the MCD"
• User forum: Everyone is invited to describe their use of the MCD along with known tricks, difficulties and suggestions for improvements
• General discussion and suggestions of improvements for future MCD versions.

Slides of the presentations

• Introduction, Mars environment
• General description of the MCD
• The full version of the MCD
• MCD validation
• Future improvements of the MCD

Practical details

• The training session was held in ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, on May 26th 2016, from 09:30 to 17:00. Room Df121 (in the main building).
• Registrations are now closed as the deadline for registration was May 2nd, 2016.