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Forget, F.; Millour, E.; Bierjon, A.; Delavois, A.; Fan, S.; Lange, L.; Liu, J.; Mathe, C.; Naar, J.; Pierron, T.; Vandemeulebrouck, R.; Spiga, A.; Montabone, L.; Chaufray, J.-Y.; Lefèvre, F.; Määttänen, A.; Montmessin, F.; Rossi, L.; Vals, M.; Gonzalez-Galindo, F.; Lopez-Valverde, M.-A.; Wolff, M. J.; Young, R.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L. and the Mars PCM development teams (2022). Challenges in Mars climate modelling with the LMD Mars Global Climate Model, now called the Mars “Planetary Climate Model” (PCM). In: 7th Mars Atmosphere Modelling and Observations workshop, 14-17 Jun 2022, Paris, France.

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Millour, E.; Forget, F.; Spiga, A.; Pierron, T.; Bierjon, A.; Montabone, L.; Vals, M.; Lefèvre, F.; Montmessin, F.; Chaufray, J.-Y.; Lopez-Valverde, M.-A.; Gonzalez-Galindo, F.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L.; Desjean, M.-C.; Cipriani, F. and the MCD development team (2022). The Mars Climate Database, version 6.1. In: 7th Mars Atmosphere Modelling and Observations workshop, 14-17 Jun 2022, Paris, France.

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Read, P. L.; Valeanu, A.; Ruan, Tao; Montabone, L.; Lewis, S. R. and Young, R. M. B. (2022). MACDA II: A New Reanalysis for the Martian Atmosphere Using Vertically-Resolved Dust Opacity Observations. In: 7th Mars Atmosphere Modelling and Observations workshop, 14-17 Jun 2022, Paris, France.

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Newman, Clare E.; Bertrand, Tanguy; Fenton, Lori K.; Guzewich, Scott D.; Jackson, Brian; Lewis, Stephen; Mischna, Michael A.; Montabone, Luca and Wellington, Danika (2021). Martian Dust. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier.

Newman, Claire; Bertrand, Tanguy; Battalio, Joseph; Day, Mackenzie; Juárez, Manuel De La Torre; Elrod, Meredith K.; Esposito, Francesca; Fenton, Lori; Gebhardt, Claus; Greybush, Steven J.; Guzewich, Scott D.; Kahanpää, Henrik; Kahre, Melinda; Karatekin, Özgür; Jackson, Brian; Lapotre, Mathieu; Lee, Christopher; Lewis, Stephen R.; Lorenz, Ralph D.; Martínez, Germán; Martin-Torres, Javier; Mischna, Michael A.; Montabone, Luca; Neakrase, Lynn; Pankine, Alexey; Pla-Garcia, Jorge; Read, Peter L.; Smith, Isaac B.; Smith, Michael D.; Soto, Alejandro; Spiga, Aymeric; Swann, Christy; Tamppari, Leslie; Temel, Orkun; Moreiras, Daniel Viudez; Wellington, Danika; Wolkenberg, Paulina; Wurm, Gerhard and Zorzano, María-Paz (2021). Toward More Realistic Simulation and Prediction of Dust Storms on Mars. Bulletin of the AAS, 53(4), article no. 278.

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Guzewich, Scott; Abshire, J. B.; Baker, M. M.; Battalio, J. M.; Bertrand, T.; Brown, A. J.; Colaprete, A.; Cook, A. M.; Cremons, D. R.; Crismani, M. M.; Dave, A.I.; Day, M.; Desjean, M.-C.; Elrod, M.; Fenton, L. K.; Fisher, J.; Gordley, L. L.; Hayne, P. O.; Heavens, N. G.; Hollingsworth, J. L.; Jha, D.; Jha, V.; Kahre, M. A.; Khayat, A. SJ.; Kling, A. M.; Lewis, S. R.; Marshall, B. T.; Martínez, G.; Montabone, L.; Mischna, M. A.; Newman, C. E.; Pankine, A.; Riris, H.; Shirley, J.; Smith, M. D.; Spiga, A.; Sun, X.; Tamppari, L. K.; Young, R. M. B.; Viúdez-Moreiras, D.; Villaneuva, G. L.; Wolff, M. J. and Wilson, R. J. (2021). Measuring Mars Atmospheric Winds from Orbit. Bulletin of the AAS, 53(4), article no. 035.

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Millour, Ehouarn; Forget, Francois; Spiga, Aymeric; Vals, Margaux; Zakharov, Vladimir; Montabone, Luca; Lefèvre, Franck; Montmessin, Franck; Chaufray, Jean-Yves; López-Valverde, Miguel; González-Galindo, Francisco; Lewis, Stephen; Read, Peter; Desjean, Marie-Christine and Cipriani, Fabrice (2019). The Mars Climate Database (MCD version 5.3). In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Copernicus Group, Göttingen, 21, article no. EGU2019-7153.

Ruan, Tao; Lewis, Neil T.; Lewis, Stephen R.; Montabone, Luca and Read, Peter L. (2019). Investigating the semiannual oscillation on Mars using data assimilation. Icarus, 333 pp. 404–414.

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Ruan, T.; Young, R. M. B.; Read, P. L.; Lewis, S. R. and Montabone, L. (2017). Regional and global dust storms on Mars investigated using data assimilation. In: Sixth International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, 17-20 Jan 2017, Granada, Spain, CNES.

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Tabataba-Vakili, Fachreddin; Read, Anna; Lewis, Stephen; Montabone, Luca; Ruan, Tao; Wang, Bo; Valeanu, Alexandru and Young, Roland M. B. (2015). A Lorenz/Boer energy budget for the atmosphere of Mars from a “reanalysis” of spacecraft observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(20) pp. 8320–8327.

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Montabone, L.; Marsh, K.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L.; Smith, M. D.; Holmes, J.; Spiga, A.; Lowe, D. and Pamment, A. (2014). The Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) dataset V1.0. Geoscience Data Journal, 1(2) pp. 129–139.

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Millour, Ehouarn; Forget, Francois; Spiga, Aymeric; Navarro, Thomas; Madeleine, Jean-Baptiste; Pottier, Alizee; Montabone, Luca; Kerber, Laura; Lefèvre, Franck; Chaufray, Jean-Yves; López-Valverde, Miguel; González-Galindo, Francisco; Lewis, Stephen; MCD/GCM team; Millour, E.; Forget, F.; Spiga, A.; Montabone, L; Colaitis, A.; Navarro, T.; Lebonnois, S.; Madeleine, J.-B.; Meslin, P.-Y.; Chauffray, J.-Y.; Lefèvre, F.; Montmessin, F.; González-Galindo, F.; Lopez-Valverde, A.; Gilli, G.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L.; Desjean, M.-C. and Huot, J.-P. (2014). Modeling the martian atmosphere with the LMD global climate model. In: COSPAR Information Bulletin, article no. C3.3-0005-14.

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Montabone, Luca; Forget, François; Millour, Ehouarn; Wilson, R. John; Lewis, Stephen R.; Kass, David; Kleinbohl, Armin; Lemmon, Mark T.; Smith, Michael D. and Wolff, Mike J. (2014). The martian dust chronicle: Eight years of reconstructed climatology from spacecraft observations. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Copernicus Group, 16, article no. EGU2014-16662.

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Millour, Ehouarn; Forget, Francois; Spiga, Aymeric; Navarro, Thomas; Madeleine, Jean-Baptiste; Pottier, Alizée; Montabone, Luca; Kerber, Laura; Lefèvre, Franck; Montmessin, Franck; Chaufray, Jean-Yves; López-Valverde, Miguel; González-Galindo, Francisco; Lewis, Stephen; Read, Peter; Huot, Jean-Paul; Desjean, Marie-Christine and MCD/GCM, Development Team (2014). The Latest Mars Climate Database (MCD v5.1). In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, article no. EGU2014-2102.

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Lewis, S. R.; Bending, V. L.; Charnay, B.; Cho, J. Y.-K.; Dawson, J.; Lebonnois, S.; Mendonça, J.; Montabone, L.; Polichtchouk, I.; Thrastarson, H. Th. and Wang, Y. (2014). Atmospheric super-rotation in solar system and extra-solar planetary atmospheres. In: Exoclimes III: The Diversity of Planetary Atmospheres, 9-14 Feb 2014, Davos, Switzerland.

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Read, P. L.; Barstow, J.; Charnay, B.; Chelvaniththilan, S.; Irwin, P. G. J.; Knight, S.; Lebonnois, S.; Lewis, S. R.; Mendonça, J. and Montabone, L. (2014). Comparative global energy budgets for the climates of terrestrial and gas giant planets. In: Exoclimes III: The Diversity of Planetary Atmospheres, 9-14 Feb 2014, Davos, Switzerland.

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Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L.; Ruan, T. and Montabone, L. (2012). Super-rotating jets in a re-analysis of the martian atmosphere. In: European Planetary Science Congress, 23-28 Sep 2012, Madrid.

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Millour, E.; Forget, F.; Spiga, A.; Colaitis, A.; Navarro, T.; Madeleine, J.-B.; Chauffray, J.-Y.; Montabone, L.; Lopez-Valverde, M. A.; Gonzalez-Galindo, F.; Lefevre, F.; Montmessin, F.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L.; Desjean, M.-C. and Huot, J.-P. (2012). Mars Climate Database version 5. In: European Planetary Science Congress, 23-28 Sep 2012, Madrid.

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Montabone, L.; Millour, E.; Forget, F. and Lewis, S. R. (2012). Seven-year climatology of dust opacity on Mars. In: European Planetary Science Congress, 23-28 Sep 2012, Madrid.

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Lewis, S. R.; Dawson, J.; Read, P. L.; Mendonça, J.; Ruan, T. and Montabone, L. (2012). Super-rotating jets in the atmospheres of terrestrial planets. In: Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets, 25-28 Jun 2012, Boulder, Co, USA.

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Read, P. L.; Lewis, S. R.; Mendonca, J.; Montabone, L.; Mulholland, D. P.; Ruan, T. and Wang, Y. (2012). Climate regimes on terrestrial planets within a hierarchy of dynamical models. In: Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets, 25-28 Jun 2012, Boulder, Co, USA.

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Greybush, S. J.; McConnochie, T. H.; Montabone, L.; Wilson, R. J.; Hoffman, M. J.; Hoffman, R.; Forget, F.; Lewis, S. R.; Miyoshi, T.; Ide, K. and Kalnay, E. (2012). Data assimilation insights on selecting the most valuable atmospheric measurements. In: Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, 12-14 Jun 2012, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Montabone, Luca; Lewis, Stephen R.; Steele, Liam; Read, Peter L.; Ruan, Tao; Smith, Michael D.; Kass, David; Kleinböhl, Armin; Schofield, John T.; Shirley, James H. and McCleese, Daniel J. (2012). Mars analysis correction data assimilation: a multi-annual reanalysis of atmospheric observations for the red planet. In: 4th World Climate Research Programme International Conference on Reanalyses, 7-11 May 2012, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

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Ruan, Tao; Montabone, Luca; Read, Peter L. and Lewis, Stephen R. (2012). Assimilating and Modeling Dust Transport in the Martian Climate System. In: IAU Symposium 293: Formation, Detection, and Characterization of Extrasolar Habitable Planets, 20-31 Aug 2012, Beijing, China.

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Montabone, Luca; Lewis, Stephen R. and Read, Peter L. (2011). Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA): MGS/TES v1.0. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre Publication. https://doi.org/10.5285/78114093-E2BD-4601-8AE5-3551E62AEF2B

Read, P. L.; Mulholland, D. P.; Montabone, L. and Lewis, S. R. (2011). Midwinter suppression of baroclinic storm activity on Mars: observations and models. In: EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, 2-7 Oct 2011, Nantes.

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Forget, F.; Millour, E.; Madeleine, J.-B.; Colaitis, A.; Spiga, A.; Montabone, L.; Hourdin, F.; Lefèvre, F.; Montmessin, F.; González-Galindo, F.; López-Valverde, M. A.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P.-L. and Mulholland, D. (2011). Back to the basics: improving the prediction of temperature, pressure and winds in the LMD general circulation model. In: Fourth International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, 8-11 Feb 2011, Paris, France.

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Millour, E.; Forget, F.; Spiga, A.; Lewis, S. R.; Montabone, L.; Read, P. L.; López-Valverde, M. A.; González-Galindo, F.; Lefèvre, F.; Montmessin, F.; Desjean, M.-C. and Huot, J.-P. (2011). An improved Mars climate database. In: Fourth International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, 8-11 Feb 2011, Paris, France.

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Montabone, L.; Read, P. L.; Lewis, S. R.; Smith, M. D.; Kleinböhl, A.; Kass, D.; Schofield, T. and McCleese, D. J. (2011). A five Mars year climatology from data assimilation using MGS/TES and MRO/MCS observations. In: Fourth International Workshop On the Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, 8-11 Feb 2011, Paris, France.

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Ruan, T.; Montabone, L.; Mulholland, D. P.; Read, P. L. and Lewis, S. R. (2011). Dust-related interannual and intraseasonal variability of Martian climate using data assimilation. In: Fourth International Workshop: Mars Atmosphere Modelling and Observations, 8-11 Feb 2011, Paris, France.

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Spiga, A.; Forget, F.; Madeleine, J.-B.; Montabone, L.; Millour, E.; Lewis, S. R. and Hinson, D. P. (2011). Martian meso/micro-scale winds and surface energy budget. In: Fourth International Workshop: Mars Atmosphere Modelling and Observations, 8-11 Feb 2011, Paris, France.

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Lewis, S.; Read, P. L.; Montabone, L.; Ruan, T. and Steele, Liam (2011). Martian atmospheric data analysis: interpreting observations from Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Trace Gas Orbiter. In: UK Participation in the Aurora Programme, 14 Jan 2011, Royal Astronomical Society, London.

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Read, P. L.; Montabone, L.; Mulholland, D. P.; Lewis, S. R.; Cantor, B. and Wilson, R. J. (2011). Midwinter suppression of baroclinic storm activity on Mars: observations and models. In: Fourth International Workshop: Mars Atmosphere Modelling and Observations, 8-11 Feb 2011, Paris, France.

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Rogberg, P.; Read, P. L.; Lewis, S. R. and Montabone, L. (2010). Assessing atmospheric predictability on Mars using numerical weather prediction and data assimilation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136(651) pp. 1614–1635.

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Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Moroz, Irene M.; Read, Peter L.; Lewis, Stephen R. and Montabone, Luca (2009). Low-order dynamical behavior in the martian atmosphere: Diagnosis of general circulation model results. Icarus, 204(1) pp. 48–62.

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Martínez-Alvarado, O.; Montabone, L.; Lewis, S. R.; Moroz, I. M. and Read, P. L. (2009). Transient teleconnection event at the onset of a planet-encircling dust storm on Mars. Annales Geophysicae, 27 pp. 3663–3676.

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Wilson, R. John; Lewis, Stephen R.; Montabone, Luca and Smith, Michael D. (2008). Influence of water ice clouds on Martian tropical atmospheric temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(7), article no. L07202.

Giuranna, M.; Grassi, D.; Formisano, V.; Montabone, L.; Forget, F. and Zasova, L. (2008). PFS/MEX observations of the condensing CO₂ south polar cap of Mars. Icarus, 197(2) pp. 386–402.

Rogberg, P.; Read, P. L.; Lewis, S. R. and Montabone, L. (2008). Potential vorticity, angular momentum and inertial instabilities in the Martian atmospheric circulation from assimilated analyses of MGS/TES. In: 3rd International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and observations, 10-13 Nov 2008, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, pp. 1–3.

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Lewis, S. R.; Montabone, L.; Read, P. L.; Rogberg, P.; Wilson, R. J. and Smith, M. D. (2008). Data assimilation of three mars years of thermal emission spectrometer observations: Large-scale transient and stationary waves. In: Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations pp. 1–4.

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Wilson, R. J.; Lewis, S. R. and Montabone, L. (2008). Thermal tides in an assimilation of three years of Thermal Emission Spectromenter data from Mars Global Surveyor. In: Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations pp. 1–4.

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Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar; Moroz, Irene M.; Read, Peter L.; Lewis, Steve R. and Montabone, Luca (2008). A diagnosis of low-order dynamics in the atmosphere of Mars. In: Third International Workshop on The Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations, 10-13 Nov 2008, Williamsburg, Virginia, pp. 1–3.

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Forget, F.; Millour, E.; Gonzalez-Galindo, F.; Lebonnois, S.; Madeleine, J-B.; Meslin, P-Y.; Montabone, L.; Spiga, A.; Hourdin, F.; Lefevre, F.; Montmessin, F.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P.; Lopez-Valverde, M. A. and Gilli, G. (2008). Modeling the martian atmosphere with the LMD global climate model. In: Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations pp. 1–4.

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Montabone, L.; Martinez-Alvarado, O.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L. and Wilson, R. J. (2008). Teleconnection in the martian atmosphere during the 2001 planet-encircling dust storm. In: Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations pp. 1–4.

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Millour, E.; Forget, F.; González-Galindo, F.; Spiga, A.; Lebonnois, S.; Montabone, L.; Lewis, S. R.; Read, P. L.; López-Valverde, M. A.; Gilli, G.; Lefèvre, F.; Montmessin, F.; Desjean, M.-C. and Huot, J.-P. (2008). The latest (version 4.3) Mars Climate Database. In: Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations pp. 1–4.

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