Montabone, L., A. Spiga, D. M. Kass, A. Kleinboehl, F. Forget, E. Millour. "Martian Year 34 Column Dust Climatology from Mars Climate Sounder Observations: Reconstructed Maps and Model Simulations". J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, in review after revision (2019)
Kleinboehl, A., A. Spiga, D. M. Kass, J. H. Shirley, E. Millour, L. Montabone, and F. Forget. "Diurnal Variations of Dust during the 2018 Global Dust Storm observed by the Mars Climate Sounder". J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, 124, doi=10.1029/2019JE006115 (2019)
Xiaohua, F., Y. Ma, Y. Lee, S. Bougher, G. Liu, M. Benna, P. Mahaffy, L. Montabone, D. Pawlowski, C. Dong, Y. Dong, D. Brain, and B. Jakosky. "Mars Dust Storm Effects in the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere and Implications for Atmospheric Carbon Loss". J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, accepted (2019)
Girazian, Z., Z. Luppen, D. D. Morgan, F. Chu, L. Montabone, E. M. B. Thiemann, D. A. Gurnett, J. Halekas, A. J. Kopf, and F. Nemec. "Variations in the Ionospheric Peak Altitude at Mars in Response to Dust Storms: 13 Years of Observations from the Mars Express Radar Sounder". J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, accepted (2019)
Newman, C. E., M. I. Richardson, M. M. Baker, M. Lemmon, D. Viudez-Moreiras, S. D. Guzewich, and L. Montabone. "Modeling Gale Crater during the 2018 Mars global dust storm to understand the impact of major storms on near-surface weather and aeolian processes", J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, in review (2019)
Vals, M., A. Spiga, F. Forget, E. Millour, L. Montabone, and F. Lott. "Study of gravity waves distribution and propagation in the thermosphere of Mars based on MGS, ODY, MRO and MAVEN density measurements". Planet. Space Sci. 178, 104708 (2019)
Ruan, T., N. T. Lewis, S. R. Lewis, L. Montabone, P. L. Read. "Investigating the semiannual oscillation on Mars using data assimilation". Icarus 333, 404 (2019)
Conference long abstracts (only first author)
Montabone, L., B. Cantor, F. Forget, D. Kass, A. Kleinboehl, E. Millour, M. D. Smith, A. Spiga, M.J. Wolff. "Reconstructing the Onset and Evolution of Large Dust Storms on Mars", 9th International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, CA (USA), July 2019. [download]
Montabone, L., F. Forget, D. Kass, A. Kleinboehl, E. Millour, P. L. Read, A. Spiga, A. Valeanu. "Martian Year 34: A Case Study for the Onset, Evolution, and Impact of Large Dust Stormson the Red Planet", EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, Geneva (Switzerland), September 2019. [download]
2018
Peer-reviewed journal
publications
Rostami, M., V. Zeitlin, L. Montabone. "On the role of spatially inhomogeneous diabatic effects upon the evolution of Mars' annular polar vortex". Icarus, 314, 376-388 (2018)
Conference long abstracts (only first author) and conference proceedings
Montabone, L., M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff, B. Cantor, F. Forget, and E. Millour. "Improved Dust Climatology on Mars with New and Revised MGS/TES Aerosol Retrievals", Scientific Workshop: "From Mars Express to ExoMars", Madrid (Spain), February 2018. [download]
Montabone, L., M. VanWoerkom, B. Cantor, M. J. Wolff, M. Capderou, F. Forget, and M. D. Smith. "Mars Aerosol Tracker (MAT): An Areostationary CubeSat to Monitor Dust Storms and Water Ice Clouds", Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 2597, The Woodlands, TX (USA), March 2018. [download]
Montabone, L., B. Cantor, M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff, M. Capderou, F. Forget, and.M. VanWoerkom. "Monitoring the Weather on Mars with an Areostationary SmallSat". MEPAG meeting #36, Forum Abstract #17, Crystal City, VA (USA), April 2018. [download]
Montabone, L., F. Forget. "On Forecasting Dust Storms on Mars", 48th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Albuquerque, NM (USA), July 2018, ICES-2018-281 [download]
Book contributions
Montabone, L., F. Forget. "Forecasting Dust Storms on Mars: A Short Review". Chapter 8 of the book: Dust in the Atmosphere of Mars and Its Impact on Human Exploration, Edited by J.S. Levine, D. Winterhalter, and R.L. Kerschmann, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2018.
2017
Conference long abstracts (only first author) and conference proceedings
Montabone, L., B. Cantor, F. Forget, D. Kass, A. Kleinboehl, M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff, "On the Dustiest Locations on Mars from Observations", 6th International Workshop on Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, Granada (Spain), January 2017 [download]
Montabone, L., F. Forget. "Forecasting Dust Storms on Mars: A Short Review", Dust in the Atmosphere of Mars and Its Impact on Human Exploration workshop, Houston, TX (USA), June 2017, LPI contrib. No. 1966 [download]
Forget, F., Montabone, L.. "Atmospheric Dust on Mars: A Review", 47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Charleston, SC (USA), July 2017, ICES-2017-175 [download]
Data analysis reports
Montabone, L., and the LMD team, "Update of all available observations of dust and temperature at Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis, Ls=19", ESA-Thales Alenia Space report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Characterization Phase C/D contract, EXM-D2-TNO-LMD-018_issue2 (September 2017) [restricted download]
2016
Peer-reviewed journal
publications
Lopez-Valverde, M.A., L. Montabone, M. Sornig, G. Sonnabend. "On the retrieval of mesospheric winds on Mars and Venus from ground-based observations at 10 micron”. The Astrophysical Journal 816, 103 (2016) [download]
Lewis, S.R., D.P. Mulholland, P.L. Read, L. Montabone, R.J. Wilson, M.D. Smith. "The solsticial pause on Mars: 1. A planetary wave reanalysis". Icarus, 264, 456-464 (2016) [download]
Waugh, D.W., A.D. Toigo, S.D. Guzewich, S.J. Greybush, R.J. Wilson, L. Montabone. "Martian polar vortices: Comparison of reanalyses". J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 121 (2016) [download]
Read, P. L., Barstow, J., Charnay, B., Chelvaniththilan, S., Irwin, P. G. J., Knight, S., Lebonnois, S., Lewis, S. R., Mendonca, J. and Montabone, L. "Global energy budgets and 'Trenberth diagrams' for the climates of terrestrial and gas giant planets". Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 142, 703-720, doi: 10.1002/qj.2704 (2016) [download]
Data analysis reports
Montabone, L., and the LMD team, "Analysis of all observations on the distribution of dust and variation of dust properties with altitude at Ls=19", ESA-Thales Alenia Space report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Characterization Phase C/D contract, EXM-D2-TNO-LMD-015 (June 2016) [restricted download]
Montabone, L., and the LMD team, "Analysis of all observations on the distribution of dust and variation of dust properties with altitude in local and regional dust storms at Ls=324", ESA-Thales Alenia Space report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Characterization Phase C/D contract, EXM-D2-TNO-LMD-006 (February 2016) [restricted download]
Montabone, L., and the LMD team, "Technical note on the analysis of temperature observations at the landing sites at Ls=324 and Ls=19, and MCD validation", ESA-Thales Alenia Space report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Characterization Phase C/D contract, EXM-D2-TNO-LMD-009 (February 2016) [restricted download]
2015
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Montabone, L., F. Forget, E. Millour, R.J. Wilson, S.R. Lewis, B. Cantor, D. Kass, A. Kleinboehl, M. Lemmon, M.D. Smith, M. Wolff. "Eight-year climatology of dust optical depth on Mars", Icarus, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.034 (2015) [download paper][download dataset]
Mitchell, D.M., L. Montabone, P.L. Read, S.I.
Thomson. "The Polar Vortices of Earth and Mars: A Comparative
Study of Variability from Reanalyses", Q. J. Royal Met. Soc. 141: 550-562, doi:
10.1002/qj.2376
(2015) [download]
Vo, T., L. Montabone, G. Sheard. "Effect of enclosure
height on the structure and stability of shear layers induced by
differential
rotation", J. Fluid Mechanics 765, 45-81 (2015) [download]
Tabataba-Vakili F., P.L. Read, S.R. Lewis, L. Montabone, T. Ruan, Y. Wang, A. Valeanu, and R.M.B. Young. "A Lorenz/Boer energy budget for the atmosphere of Mars from a reanalysis of spacecraft observations". Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 8320–8327 (2015) [download]
F. Gonzalez-Galindo, M. A. Lopez-Valverde, F. Forget, M. García-Comas, E. Millour, and L. Montabone. "Variability of the Martian thermosphere during eight Martian years as simulated by a ground-to-exosphere global circulation model". J. Geophys. Res., 120:2020-2035 (2015) [download]
Data analysis reports
Montabone, L., F. Forget, E. Millour, T. Navarro, "Technical note: Mars weather forecast for the Exomars 2016 EDL", ESA-Thales Alenia Space report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Support Analysis contract, EXM-MS-TNO-LMD-0101 (May 2015) [restricted download]
2014
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Montabone, L., K. Marsh, S.R. Lewis, P.L. Read,
M.D. Smith, J. Holmes, A. Spiga, D. Lowe and A. Pamment. "The Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) Dataset V1.0", Geoscience Data Journal,
doi: 10.1002/gdj3.13 (2014) [download]
Grassi, D., R. Politi, N. Ignatiev, C. Plainaki, S. Lebonnois, P. Wolkenberg,
L. Montabone, A. Migliorini, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart. "The Venus
nighttime atmosphere as observed by the VIRTIS-M instrument. Average
fields from the complete infrared dataset", J. Geophys Res.-Planets,
119, 837-849, doi:10.1002/2013JE004586 (2014) [download]
Preprint
Montabone, L. "Integrating Research into Society within a Cooperative/Collaborative Framework: C-Research" [download preprint]
Conference long abstracts (only first author)
Montabone, L., F. Forget, E. Millour, R. J. Wilson, D. M. Mitchell, S. I. Thomson, S. R. Lewis, P. L. Read.
"The Martian Dust Chronicle and the Impact on the Atmospheric Polar Vortex", 8th International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, CA (USA),
July 2014 [download]
Montabone, L., F. Forget, E. Millour, R. J. Wilson, S. R. Lewis, D. Kass, A. Kleinboehl, M. T. Lemmon, M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff. "Eight Martian Years of Dust Climatology Reconstructed from Spacecraft Observations", 5th International Workshop on Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, Oxford (UK), January 2014 [download]
Montabone, L., D.M. Mitchell, S.I. Thomson, P.L. Read, T. H. McConnochie. "The Martian Polar Vortices in the 'MACDA' Reanalysis: Climatology and Variability", 5th International Workshop on Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, Oxford (UK), January 2014 [download]
2013
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Montabone, L. "C-Research: A Framework for Integrating Research into Society", Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, vol. 11, n. 5, pp. 67-71 (2013) [download]
Vo, T., L. Montabone, G. Sheard. "Linear stability analysis of a shear layer induced by differential coaxial rotation within a cylindrical enclosure", J. Fluid Mechanics 738, 299-334 (2013) [download]
Sefton-Nash, E., N.A. Teanby, L. Montabone, P.G.J. Irwin, J. Hurley, S.B. Calcutt. "Climatology and first-order composition estimates of mesospheric clouds from Mars Climate Sounder limb spectra", Icarus 222, Issue 1, 342-356 (2013) [download]
Other research products
Montabone, L., J. Holmes, A. Spiga, "The Mars
Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) plotter".
[Web Interface link]
Conference long abstracts (only first author)
Montabone, L., D.M. Mitchell, S.I. Thomson, P.L. Read. "The Morphology of the Polar Vortices on Mars and Earth from Atmospheric Reanalyses", AGU Chapman Conference Crossing the Boundaries in Planetary Atmospheres: From Earth to Exoplanets, Annapolis, MD (USA), June 2013 [download]
Montabone, L., S.I. Thomson, R.J. Wilson, F. Forget, S.R. Lewis, E. Millour. "Using Reconstructed Dust Climatology to Study the
Impacts of Martian Dust Storms on Dynamics", European Planetary Science Congress, London (UK), September 2013 [download]
Montabone, L., D.M. Mitchell, S.I. Thomson, P.L. Read. "Polar Vortices on Mars and Earth from Atmospheric
Reanalyses", European Planetary Science Congress, London (UK), September 2013 [download]
Montabone, L., J. Mendonca, S. Lebonnois, C. F. Wilson. "The Sesonality of the Atmospheric Polar Vortices on
Venus compared to Earth, Mars, and Titan", European Planetary Science Congress, London (UK), September
2013 [download]
Invited talks
Montabone, L., "Exploring the Weather on Mars by Data Assimilation: An
Overview", Mini-Workshop on Planetary Atmospheres, Center for Planetary Science, Kobe (Japan),
February 2013. [Podcast link (part 1)][Podcast link (part 2)]
2012
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Migliorini, A., D. Grassi, L. Montabone, S. Lebonnois, P. Drossart, G. Piccioni, "Investigation of air temperature on the nightside of Venus derived from VIRTIS-H on board Venus-Express", Icarus 217, 640-647 (2012) [download]
Other research products
Montabone, L.. "Mars Climate Database dust
scenarios for Martian Years 24-30 (Beta version
1.2)". [NetCDF files link]
Data analysis reports
Montabone, L., F. Forget, E. Millour, S.R. Lewis, "New dust scenarios for the Mars Climate Model: Martian Years 24-29", ESA-CNES
report, Martian Climate Database and Physical Models contract, Work Package 12.2.1, ESA 11369/95/NL/JG(SC) CCN8 (2012) [restricted download]
Montabone, L., E. Millour, F. Forget, "Design of a new global dust storm scenario for GCM simulations", ESA-Thales Alenia
report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Support Analysis contract, EXM-MS-TNO-LMD-0052 (2012) [restricted download]
Montabone, L.. "Update on the analysis of available atmospheric observations at Exomars' preliminary landing site", ESA-Thales
Alenia report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Support Analysis contract, Work Package CD5, EXM-MS-TNO-LMD-0063 (2012) [restricted download]
Conference long abstracts (only first author)
Montabone, L., E. Millour, F. Forget, and S.R. Lewis. "Seven-Year Climatology of Dust Opacity on Mars", European Planetary Science Congress 2012, Madrid (Spain), September 2012 [download]
2011
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Madeleine, J.-B., F. Forget, E. Millour, L. Montabone,, M.J. Wolff, “Revisiting the radiative impact of dust on Mars using the LMD Global Climate Model”, J. Geophys. Res. 116, E15, 11010-+ (2011) [download]
Spiga, A., F. Forget, J.-B. Madeleine, L. Montabone, S.R. Lewis, E. Millour, “The impact of Martian mesoscale winds on surface temperature and on the determination of thermal inertia”, Icarus 212, 504-519 (2011) [download]
Other research products
Montabone, L., S.R. Lewis, P.L. Read. "Mars Analysis Correction Data
Assimilation (MACDA): MGS/TES v1.0". NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, doi:
10.5285/78114093-E2BD-4601-8AE5-3551E62AEF2B (2011). [Archived
dataset link]
Data analysis reports
Montabone, L.. “Update on the analysis of available atmospheric observations at Exomars' preliminary landing site (Meridiani) and
preliminary analysis of backup landing site (Elysium)”, ESA-Thales Alenia report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Support Analysis contract, Work Package
5.2, EXM-MS-TNO-LMD-0036 (2011) [restricted download]
Conference long abstracts (only first author)
Montabone, L., P.L. Read, S.R. Lewis, M.D. Smith, A. Kleinboehl, D. Kass, T. Schofield, and D.J. McCleese. "A Five Mars Year Climatology from Data assimilation Using MGS/TES and MRO/MCS Observations", 4th International Workshop on Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, Paris, (France), February 2011 [download]
Montabone, L., M.T. Lemmon, M.D. Smith, M.J. Wolff, F. Forget, and E. Millour. "Reconciling Dust Opacity Datasets and Building Multi-Annual Dust Scenarios For Mars Atmospheric Models", 4th International Workshop on Mars Atmosphere: Modelling and Observations, Paris, (France), February 2011 [download]
2010
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Grassi, D., A. Migliorini, L. Montabone, S. Lebonnois, A. Cardesìn-Moinelo, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart and L.V. Zasova, “The thermal structure of Venusian night-time mesosphere as observed by VIRTIS-Venus Express”, J. Geophys. Res. -Planets 115, E14, 9007-+ (2010) [download]
Rogberg, P., P.L. Read, S.R. Lewis, L. Montabone, “Assessing atmospheric predictability on Mars using numerical weather prediction and data assimilation”, Quart.J. Roy. Met. Soc. 136, 1614-1635 (2010) [download]
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings
Montabone, L., R. Wordsworth, A. Aguiar, T. Jacoby, P.L. Read, T. McClimans, I. Ellingsen. "Barotropic instability of planetary polar vortices: concept, experimental set-up and parameter space analysis", Proceedings of the HYDRALAB III Joint User Meeting, Hannover (Germany), February 2010 [download]
Montabone, L., R. Wordsworth, A. Aguiar, T. Jacoby, M. Manfrin, P.L. Read, A. Castrejon-Pita, L. Gostiaux, J. Sommeria, S. Viboud, H. Didelle. "Barotropic instability of planetary polar vortices: CIV analysis of specific multi-lobed structures", Proceedings of the HYDRALAB III Joint User Meeting, Hannover (Germany), February 2010 [download]
Data analysis reports
Montabone, L., E. Millour, F. Forget, “Report on Analysis of Available Atmospheric Observations at Phase B2X landing Site”,
ESA-Thales Alenia report, Exomars Environmental Atmospheric Support Analysis contract, Work Package 2, EXM-MS-TNO-LMD-0016 (2010) [restricted download]
Before 2010 (only selected production)
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Martinez-Alvarado, O., L. Montabone, S.R. Lewis, I. Moroz, P.L. Read, “Transient teleconnection event at the onset of a planet-encircling dust storm on Mars”, Annales Geophysicae 27, 3663–3676 (2009) [download]
Martinez-Alvarado, O., I. Moroz, P. L. Read, S.R. Lewis, L. Montabone, “Low-order dynamical behaviour in the martian atmosphere 1: Diagnosis of general circulation model results”, Icarus 204, 48-62 (2009) [download]
Wilson, R.J., S.R. Lewis, L. Montabone, M.D. Smith, “Influence of water ice clouds on Martian tropical atmospheric temperatures”, Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, 7202-7207 (2008) [download]
Giuranna, M., D. Grassi, V. Formisano, L. Montabone, F. Forget, L. Zasova, “PFS/MEX observations of the condensing CO2 south polar cap of Mars”, Icarus 197, 386-402 (2008) [download]
Montabone, L., S. R. Lewis, P. L. Read and D. Hinson, “Validation of Martian meteorological data assimilation for MGS/TES using radio occultation measurements”, Icarus 185, 113-132 (2006) [download]
Montabone, L., S. R. Lewis, P. L. Read and P. Withers, “Reconstructing the weather on Mars at the time of MERs and Beagle 2 landings”, Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, 19202-19207 (2006) [download]
Montabone, L., S. R. Lewis, P. L. Read, “Interannual variability of Martian dust storms in assimilation of several years of Mars Global Surveyor observations”, Adv. in Space Research 36, 2146-2155 (2005) [download]
Ferrero, E., A. Longhetto, L. Montabone, L. Mortarini, M. Manfrin, J. Sommeria, H. Didelle, C. Giraud, U. Rizza, “Physical simulations of neutral boundary layer in rotating tank”, Il Nuovo Cimento C, Vol. 28C, N.1, 1-17 (2005) [download]
Longhetto, A., L. Montabone, A. Provenzale, H. Didelle, C. Giraud, D.Bertoni, R. Forza, “Coherent Vortices in Rotating Flows: a Laboratory View”, Il Nuovo Cimento C, Vol. 25C, N.2, 233-249 (2002) [download]
Book contributions
Montabone, L.. "Future Climate Changes on Mars: Science Fiction or Possible Reality?", Commentary for the book: Planet Mars Research Focus,
Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY (USA), 2008 [download]
PhD Thesis
Montabone, L.. "Vortex Dynamics and Particle Transport in Barotropic Turbulence", University of Genoa, Italy (2002) [download]