D12_DDA_components.txt: MarsWRF-predicted dust devil activity and contributing variables as a function of time of sol, averaged over four seasons for the first three Mars years of the MSL mission.

Renno et al. [1998] dust devil activity and contributing variables at the Curiosity Rover’s location, averaged over 90° of Ls (i.e., in each of four seasons) in the first three years of the mission, as a function of time of sol.All variables are predicted using output from a MarsWRF simulation of the atmosphere over Gale Crater.These data are used to produce Figure 10 in the paper “Convective vortex and dust devil predictions for Gale Crater over three Mars years and comparison with MSL-REMS observations” - JGR-Planets, 2019 - by C. E. Newman, H. Kahanpää, M. I. Richardson, G. M. Martinez, A. Vicente-Retortillo and M. Lemmon.In the data file:Periods 1-4 refer to periods spanning 90∞ of Ls, centered on Ls=180, 270, 0 and 90 in MSL yr 1Periods 5-8 refer to the same but in MSL yr 2Periods 9-12 refer to the same but in MSL yr 3ToD = local true solar time in hours RHO = air density in kg/m3 UST = drag velocity, u*, in m/s TDF = surface temperature minus air temperature at 1.5m, in K PDF = surface pressure minus pressure at top of planetary boundary layer in Pa OMB = vertical thermodynamic efficiency HFX = sensible heat flux in W/m2 DDA = dust devil activity[see paper for more description of the last 3 variables]