Extended Data Fig. 4: Atmospheric flows related to the moderate regional slope surrounding the InSight landing site account for the diurnal variability in wind direction.
The left panels show the topography and the simulated diurnal cycle of wind direction in the global climate model referenced in the pre-landing study7. The right panels show the exact same simulation with flattened topography set as indicated in the top right plot. The thermal tides signal (e.g. in the diurnal cycle of atmospheric pressure) is similar in the two simulations.
