Users Guides

KRC planetary surface temperatures: Helplist (PDF): Advanced guide for KRC users looking to create their own input parameter file

Guide for a Simple Thermal Model

KRC 2013 Workshop PowerPoint (PDF): User's Guide to the design, architecture and theory of KRC model, with example input files and plots.

2013 KRC Conference (YouTube Videos): Seven video recordings of KRC 2013 Conference, presented by Hugh H. Kieffer.

Planetary Orbit (PORB) User’s Guide (PDF): General User’s Guide for applying KRC applied to bodies other than Mars

• List of available Asteroids
• List of available Comets
• List of Other Available Bodies

The KRC Planetary ORBit (PORB) System (PDF): PORB Design Guide for advanced users

KRC version 2 and 3: Thin/deep layers and long runs (PDF): Advanced Guide on effect of spin-up, season spacing, layer thickness and model depth on model output

Guide for Eclipses, planetary fluxes and Photometricfunctions under an atmosphere

Guide for the KRC runs to match results of Ashwin Vasavada thermal models (PDF)

Updates on New Versions

Guide to KRC version 3.4, and background (PDF): User’s Guide for changes between KRC v2.4.1 and v3.4.2

KRC version v3.4.4 Update (PDF PowerPoint): Guide to changes in the v3.4 KRC series, including input file examples.

KRC version v3.5.5 Update (PDF): Investigating KRC 355 versus 344 differences, and the origin of 356