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Forget, F.; Banfield, D.; Spiga, A.; Millour, E.; Borella, A.; Lange, L.; Newman, C.; Viúdez Moreiras, D.; Pla-Garcia, J.; Navarro, S.; Mora Sotomayor, L.; Torres, J.; Rodriguez Manfredi, J.-A.; Lewis, S. R.; Lorenz, R.; Lognonne, P.; Banerdt, B. and the INSIGHT atmosphere team (2022). More than one martian year of meteorology observed by the Insight lander. In: 7th Mars Atmosphere Modelling and Observations workshop, 14-17 Jun 2022, Paris, France.

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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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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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Newman, C. E.; Banfield, D.; Spiga, A.; Baker, M.; Banerdt, W. B.; Charalambous, C.; Forget, F.; Garcis, R. F.; Karatekin, O.; Kenda, B.; Lemmon, M. T.; Lewis, S. R.; Lognonné, P. H.; Lorenz, R. D.; Millour, E.; Mimoun, D.; Mueller, N. T.; Murdoch, N.; Pike, W. T.; Pla-García, J.; Rodriguez, S.; Teanby, N. A. and Viudez-Moreiras, D. (2019). Half a Mars Year of atmospheric results from InSight (Invited). In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019., 13-17 Dec 2010, San Francisco, California, USA, American Geophysical Union.

Newman, Claire; Viudez-Moreiras, Daniel; Baker, Mariah; Lewis, Kevin; Gomez-Elvira, Javier; Navarro, Sara; Torres, Josefina; Spiga, Aymeric; Banfield, Don; Teanby, Nick; Forget, François; Pla-Garcia, Jorge; Lewis, Stephen; Banks, Maria; Rodriguez, Sébastien and Lucas, Antoine (2019). The Observed Winter Circulation at Insight’s Landing Site and its Impact on Understanding the Year-Round Circulation and Aeolian Activity in Elysium Planitia and Gale Crater. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Copernicus Publications, Göttingen, 21, article no. EGU2019-12692-1.

Spiga, A.; Banfield, D.; Newman, C.; Lorenz, R.; Forget, F.; Viudez-Moreira, D.; Pla-Garcia, J.; Lemmon, M.; Teanby, N.; Murdoch, N.; Garcia, R.; Lognonné, P.; Kenda, B.; Mimoun, D.; Karatekin, O.; Lewis, S. R.; Pike, W. T.; Mueller, N.; Millour, E. and Banerdt, B. (2019). Overview of first atmospheric results from InSight. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Copernicus Group, 21, article no. EGU2019-11612-2.

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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.

Banfield, D.; Spiga, A.; Newman, C.; Lorenz, R.; Forget, F.; Viudez-Moreira, D.; Pla-Garcia, J.; Lemmon, M.; Teanby, N.; Murdoch, N.; Garcia, R.; Lognonne, P.; Kenda, B.; Mimoun, D.; Karatekin, O.; Lewis, S. R.; Pike, W. T.; Mueller, N.; Millour, E.; Navarro, S.; Mora Sotomayor, L.; Torres, J.; Molina, A.; Rodriguez-Manfredi, J.-A.; Smrekar, S.; Banerdt, B. and Insight Science Team, the (2019). First Atmospheric Results from InSight APSS. In: 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 18-22 Mar 2019, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Newman, C. E.; Viudez-Moreiras, D.; Baker, M.; Lewis, K.; Gomez-Elvira, J.; Navarro, S.; Torres, J.; Spiga, A.; Banfield, D.; Teanby, N.; Forget, F.; Pla-Garcia, J.; Lewis, S. R.; Banks, M.; Rodriguez, S. and Lucas, A. (2019). The observed winter circulation at InSight’s landing site and its impact on understanding the year-round circulation and aeolian activity in Elysium Planitia and Gale Crater. In: 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 18-22 Mar 2019, The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Steele, Liam J.; Balme, Matthew R.; Lewis, Stephen R. and Spiga, Aymeric (2017). The water cycle and regolith-atmosphere interaction at Gale crater, Mars. Icarus, 289 pp. 56–79.

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Read, Peter L.; Galerpin, Boris; Larsen, Soren E.; Lewis, Stephen; Maattanen, Anni; Petrosyan, Arakel; Renno, Nilton; Savijarvi, Hannu; Siili, Tero; Spiga, Aymeric; Toigo, Anthony and Vazquez, Luis (2017). The martian planetary boundary layer. In: Haberle, Robert M.; Clancy, R. Todd; Forget, Francois; Smith, Michael D. and Zurek, Richard W. eds. The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars. Cambridge Planetary Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 172–202.

Klose, Martina; Jemmett-Smith, Bradley C.; Kahanpaa, Henrik; Kahre, Melinda; Knippertz, Peter; Lemmon, Mark T.; Lewis, Stephen R.; Lorenz, Ralph D.; Neakrase, Lynn D. V.; Newman, Claire; Patel, Manish R.; Reiss, Dennis; Spiga, Aymeric and Whelley, Patrick L. (2017). Dust Devil Sediment Transport: From Lab to Field to Global Impact. In: Reiss, D.; Lorenz, R; Balme, M.; Neakrase, L.; Rossi, A. O.; Spiga, A. and Zarnecki, J. eds. Dust Devils. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 59. Springer.

Klose, Martina; Jemmett-Smith, Bradley C.; Kahanpaa, Henrik; Kahre, Melinda; Knippertz, Peter; Lemmon, Mark T.; Lewis, Stephen R.; Lorenz, Ralph D.; Neakrase, Lynn D. V.; Newman, Claire; Patel, Manish R.; Reiss, Dennis; Spiga, Aymeric and Whelley, Patrick L. (2016). Dust Devil Sediment Transport: From Lab to Field to Global Impact. Space Science Reviews, 203(1) pp. 377–426.

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Hinson, David P.; Asmar, Sami W.; Kahan, Daniel S.; Akopian, Varoujan; Haberle, Robert M.; Spiga, Aymeric; Schofield, John T.; Kleinböhl, Armin; Abdou, Wedad A.; Lewis, Stephen R.; Paik, Meegyeong and Maalouf, Sami G. (2014). Initial results from radio occultation measurements with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: a nocturnal mixed layer in the tropics and comparisons with polar profiles from the Mars Climate Sounder. Icarus, 243 pp. 91–103.

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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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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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Hinson, David P.; Spiga, Aymeric; Lewis, Stephen; Tellmann, Silvia; Pätzold, Martin; Asmar, Sami and Häusler, Bernd (2013). Atmospheric structure and diurnal variations at low altitudes in the Martian Tropics. In: AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting, 6-11 Oct 2013, Denver, Colorado, USA, American Astronomical Society, pp. 204–205.

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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Forget, F.; Schofield, J. T.; Kass, D. M.; Kleinböhl, A.; McCleese, D. J.; Allen, M. A.; Foote, M. C.; Jeganathan, M.; Millour, E.; Spiga, A.; Talagrand, O.; Bowles, N.; Calcutt, S. B.; Irwin, P. G. J.; Read, P. L.; Lewis, S. R.; Fouchet, T.; Lefèvre, F.; Määttänen, A.; Barnes, J. R.; Bougher, S. W. and Haberle, R. M. (2011). The Exomars Climate Sounder (EMCS) Investigation. In: EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, 2-7 Oct 2011, Nantes.

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Lewis, S. R.; Hinson, D. P. and Spiga, A. (2011). The depth of the convective boundary layer and implications for a Walker-like circulation on Mars. In: EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, 2-7 Oct 2011, Nantes.

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Lewis, Stephen and Spiga, Aymeric (2011). The Martian atmospheric boundary layer. Reviews of Geophysics, 49(RG3005) pp. 1–46.

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Spiga, Aymeric; Forget, François; Madeleine, Jean-Baptiste; Montabone, Luca; Lewis, Stephen R. and Millour, Ehouarn (2011). The impact of martian mesoscale winds on surface temperature and on the determination of thermal inertia. Icarus, 212(2) pp. 504–519.

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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Lewis, S. R.; Hinson, D. P. and Spiga, A. (2011). Variations in Martian convective boundary layer depth: observations and modelling studies. 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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Schofield, J. T.; Kass, D. M.; Kleinböhl, A.; McCleese, D. J.; Allen, M. A.; Foote, M. C.; Jeganathan, M.; Forget, F.; Spiga, A.; Talagrand, O.; Lefèvre, F.; Määttänen, A.; Fouchet, T.; Bowles, N.; Calcutt, S. B.; Irwin, P. G. J.; Read, P. L.; Lewis, S. R.; Barnes, J. R.; Bougher, S. W. and Haberle, R. M. (2011). EMCS: The Exomars Climate Sounder (EMCS) investigation. 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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Balme, Matthew R.; Pathare, Asmin; Mezger, Steve; Renno, Nilton O.; Towner, Martin; Spiga, Aymeric; Fenton, Lori K.; Michaels, Timothy I.; Saca, Fernando and Elliott, Harvey Michael (2011). Horizontal forward-motion velocities of terrestrial dust devils, comparison with ambient winds, and application to Mars. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, 5-9 Dec 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Spiga, Aymeric and Lewis, Stephen R. (2010). Martian mesoscale and microscale wind variability of relevance for dust lifting. Mars, 5 pp. 146–158.

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Pathare, A. V.; Balme, M. R.; Meztger, S. M.; Spiga, A.; Towner, M. C.; Renno, N. O. and Saca, F. (2010). Assessing the power law hypothesis for the size-frequency distribution of terrestrial and martian dust devils. Icarus, 209(2) pp. 851–853.

Spiga, A.; Forget, F.; Lewis, S. R. and Hinson, D. P. (2010). Correction to: ‘Structure and dynamics of the convective boundary layer on Mars as inferred from large-eddy simulations and remote-sensing measurements'. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136(653) pp. 2205–2206.

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Lewis, S.; Spiga, A. and Mulholland, D. (2010). Modelling Martian dust storms: feedbacks between dust and atmospheric circulation at a hierarchy of scales. In: European Planetary Science Congress, 19-24 Sep 2010, Rome, Italy.

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Vincendon, Mathieu; Mustard, John; Forget, François; Kreslavsky, Mikhail; Spiga, Aymeric; Murchie, Scott and Bibring, Jean-Pierre (2010). Near-tropical subsurface ice on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(1) L01202.

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Spiga, A.; Forget, F.; Lewis, S. R. and Hinson, D. P. (2010). Structure and dynamics of the convective boundary layer on Mars as inferred from large-eddy simulations and remote-sensing measurements. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136(647) pp. 414–428.

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