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Welcome to the KRC Wiki
This site is designed for the distribution of KRC provided by Hugh Kieffer.
KRC is a planetary surface temperature model.
KRC Stands for:
-K = k = conductivity
-R = rho = density
-C = specific heat
Latest version of KRC
Download the latest version of KRC
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Input files for latest version:
Normal mode input file
Single Point File
Single Mode Main File (only edit to update file location of single point file)
JGR 2013 version of KRC
JGR 2013 article JGR KRC Paper Errata
View Figure 10 image referenced in the article
Download the JGR version of KRC
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Download binary file (Large file ~50M)
The above file contains a 512 byte header followed by a 7200 sample by 3600 line 16-bit Integer array.
Values are (T-200)*160 where T is the annual average surface kinetic temperature.
Samples are 1/20 degree East Longitude. Lines are 1/20 degree from South pole.
Input files for JGR version:
Normal mode input file
Single Point File
Single Mode Main File (only edit to update file location of single point file)
Documentation
Helplist
JGR 2013 article
View Figure 10 image referenced in the JGR article
Temperature dependence of rock thermal properties
Particulate thermal conduction
Example run
Sample input file
Sample output file
IDL routines
Davinci functions
KRC_Videos KRC Videos
KRC on the Web
KRC is now available as a web application. To use KRC on the web, click on the following link:
