Users Guide
KRC User’s Guides and Related Literature
Learn How to Use KRC
Thermal model for analysis of Mars infrared mapping (Online Article): Thorough discussion of the KRC model, its numerical basis, its uses, and comparisons to other numerical models
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Guide to KRC version 3.4, and background (PDF): User’s Guide for changes between KRC v2.4.1 and v3.4.2
KRC planetary surface temperatures: Helplist (PDF): Advanced guide for KRC users looking to create their own input parameter file
Planetary Orbit (PORB) User’s Guide (PDF): General User’s Guide for applying KRC applied to bodies other than Mars
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
Particulate thermal conduction (PDF): Theoretical and Numerical guide to discuss consolidated and unconsolidated soils
Temperature dependence of rock thermal properties (PDF): Discussion of importance of temperature dependence in the KRC numerical model
Mars seasons: Development of when LS = 0 and functions for LS(t) (PDF): In-depth guide for the calculations involved with the seasonal indicator (LS)
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Enumeration of Mars years and seasons since the beginning of telescopic exploration (Online Article): Article to clarify the methods used to generate the seasonal indicator (LS) used in KRC
Effect of polymorphism on the absorption of chloramphenicol from chloramphenicol palmitate (Online Article): For evidence of KRC model use
High-Resolution Thermal Inertia Mapping from the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Online Article): For evidence of KRC model use
Rock abundance on Mars from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Online Article): For evidence of KRC model use
High-resolution thermal inertia derived from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS): Thermal model and applications: For evidence of KRC model use
A model of thermal conductivity for planetary soils: 2. Theory for cemented soils: For evidence of KRC model use
