title: Thermal Tides in the Martian Middle Atmosphere as Seen by the Mars Climate Sounder.
abstract: The first systematic observations of the middle atmosphere of Mars (35km-80km) with the Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) show dramatic patterns of diurnal thermal variation, evident in retrievals of temperature and water ice opacity. At the time of writing, the dataset of MCS limb retrievals is sufficient for spectral analysis within a limited range of latitudes and seasons. This analysis shows that these thermal variations are almost exclusively associated with a diurnal thermal tide. Using a Martian General Circulation Model to extend our analysis we show that the diurnal thermal tide dominates these patterns for all latitudes and all seasons.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.affiliation: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.affiliation: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Heavens
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleinböhl
authors.affiliation: Department of Astronomy, Cornell University.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banfield
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: McCleese
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zurek
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.affiliation: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Leovy
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Oxford.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Astronomy, Cornell University.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Toigo