International Venus Conference, Aussois 2010

Meeting photo

Florence HENRY — 2010-06-24T09:03:24Z

Meeting photo

Florence HENRY — 2010-06-24T09:02:07Z

List of participants

Florence HENRY — 2010-06-09T08:05:29Z

Last name	First name	Country	Affiliation
Bailey	Jeremy	Australia	University of New South Wales
Baines	Kevin	USA	University of Wisconsin
Barstow	Joanna	United Kingdom	University of Oxford
Barthelemy	Mathieu	France	Laboratoire de Planetologie de Grenoble
Belyaev	Denis	France	LATMOS
Bertaux	Jean-Loup	France	LATMOS/INSU/CNRS
Bézard	Bruno	France	LESIA, Observatoire de Paris
Bougher	Stephen	USA	University of Michigan
Brain	David	USA	UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab
Brecht	Amanda	USA	University of Michigan
Campargue	Alain	France	Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique
Carlson	Robert	USA	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chassefiere	Eric	France	IDES, Universite Paris Sud/ CNRS
Clancy	R. Todd	USA	Space Science Institute
Cochrane	Chris	United Kingdom	Imperial College, London
Colas	Francois	France	IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris
Drossart	Pierre	France	LESIA, Observatoire de Paris
Encrenaz	Therese	France	LESIA, Observatoire de Paris
Esposito	Larry	USA	LASP University of Colorado
Fedorova	Anna	Russia	Space Research Institute (IKI)
Gagne	Marie-Eve	Canada	University of Toronto
Gerard	Jean-Claude	Belgique	LPAP - Université de Liège
Gillmann	Cedric	France	Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Grenfell	John Lee	Germany	Technische Universität Berlin
Grinspoon	David	USA	Southwest Research Institute, Boulder
Guicking	Lars	Germany	Inst für Geophysik und extraterr Physik
Helbert	Jorn	Germany	DLR-Institute of Planetary Research
Hueso	Ricardo	Spain	Universidad del País Vasco
Kostiuk	Theodor	USA	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Krasnopolsky	Vladimir	USA	Catholic University of America
Lebonnois	Sebastien	France	LMD/IPSL/CNRS
Lee	Yeon Joo	Germany	MPS
Lefevre	Franck	France	LATMOS/INSU/CNRS
Lellouch	Emmanuel	France	Lesia, Observatoire de Paris
Limaye	Sanjay	USA	University of Wisconsin
Longobardo	Andrea	Italie	Istituto Fisica Spazio Interplanetario
Lopez-Valverde	Miguel	Espagne	Instituto di Astrofisica de Andalucia
Luz	David	Portugal	CAAUL, Universidade de Lisboa
Maattanen	Anni	France	LATMOS, CNRS, UVSQ
Machado	Pedro	Portugal	Observatoire de Paris/LESIA - CAA
Mahieux	Arnaud	Belgique	IASB - BIRA
Marcq	Emmanuel	France	LATMOS - UVSQ
Massol	Helene	France	Univ. Paris Sud
Mendonca	Joao	United Kingdom	University of Oxford
Migliorini	Alessandra	Italie	IASF-INAF, Rome
Mills	Frank	Australia	Australian National University
Montmessin	Franck	France	LATMOS
Mueller	Nils	Germany	German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Mueller-Wodarg	Ingo	United Kingdom	Imperial College London
Nagy	Andrew	USA	Dept. of Atmosph. oceanic & space sci.
Nakamura	Masato	Japan	JAXA
Noack	Lena	Germany	University of Münster & DLR
Ogohara	Kazunori	Japan	JAXA/ISAS
Ohtsuki	Shoko	Japan	ISAS/JAXA
Paetzold	Martin	Germany	Rheinisches Inst. für Umweltforschung
Parkinson	Christopher	USA	University of Michigan
Piccialli	Arianna	Germany	Max Planck Institute for Solar System Res
Piccioni	Giuseppe	Italie	IASF-INAF Roma
Politi	Romolo	Italie	IASF-INAF Roma
Rauer	Heike	Germany	DLR and TU Berlin
Read	Peter	United Kingdom	University of Oxford
Robert	Severine	Belgique	Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Rodin	Alexander	Russia	IKI, Moscow
Royer	Emilie	France	LATMOS
Sagawa	Hideo	Allemagne	MPS
Sandor	Brad	USA	Space Science Institute
Schubert	Gerald	USA	UCLA
Shalygin	Eugene	Germany	MPS Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Shalygina	Oksana	Germany	Max Planck Inst. for Solar System Res
Smrekar	Sue	USA	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Snels	Marcel	Italie	ISAC-CNR
Soret	Lauriane	Belgique	ULG
Sornig	Manuela	Germany	University of Cologne
Stefani	Stefania	Italie	IASF-Inaf Roma
Svedhem	Hakan	The Netherlands	ESA/ESTEC
Takagi	Masahiro	Japan	Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Taylor	Fred	United Kingdom	Oxford University
Tellmann	Silvia	Germany	Rheinisches Inst. Umweltforschung
Titov	Dmitriy	Germany	Max Planck Inst for Solar System Res
Treiman	Allan	USA	Lunar and Planetary Institute
Tsang	Constantine	USA	Southwest Research Institute, Boulder
Vandaele	Anne-Carine	Belgique	Belgian Institute for Aeronomy, Brussels
Widemann	Thomas	France	Observatoire de Paris / LESIA
Wieler	Rainer	Switzerland	ETH Zurich
Wilson	Colin	United Kingdom	Oxford University
Witasse	Olivier	The Netherlands	European Space Agency
Wu	Hao	France	LATMOS, Paris
Yamamoto	Masaru	Japan	Kyushu University
Young	Eliot	USA	Southwest Research Institute, Boulder
Yung	Yuk	USA	California Institute of Technology
Zasova	Ludmila	Russia	IKI, Moscow

Monday 21 June 2010

Florence HENRY — 2010-05-05T09:50:43Z

Clouds and haze
Atmospheric composition and chemistry

08:45-09:00 Welcome and opening
P. Drossart and H. Svedhem

1Clouds and haze

Conveners: R.W. Carlson and T. Satoh 1

9:00-09:30 Clouds of Venus (invited)
L. V. Zasova
01-01_Zasova.pdf (pdf - 89.2 kb)

09:30-09:50 Cloud morphology from the Venus Monitoring Camera observations
D.V. Titov, N. I. Ignatiev, W.J. Markiewicz, Song Li, Th. Roatsch, M. Almeida, and R. Moissl
01-02_Titov.pdf (pdf - 12.1 kb)

09:50-10:10 Cloud top structure from the analysisof the VeRa and VIRTIS observations
Yeon Joo Lee, Dmitriy Titov, Silvia Tellmann, Giuseppe Piccioni, Arianna Piccialli, Martin Pätzold and Pierre Drossart
01-03_Lee.pdf (pdf - 75.9 kb)

10:10-10:30 Diagnostic of Venus aerosols from SPICAV /AOTF polarization measurements 0.6 to 1.7 -μm day side
J.-L. Bertaux, D. Belyaev, A. Fedorova, E. Marcq, F.Montmessin, O. Korablev
01-04_Bertaux.pdf (pdf - 84.6 kb)

10:30-10:35 Poster presentation

Climatology of the Venus upper haze as measured by SOIR on board Venus Express
S. Robert, V. Wilquet, A. Mahieux, R. Drummond, A.C Vandaele and J.-L. Bertaux
01-05_Robert_Poster.pdf (pdf - 85.1 kb)

10:35-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:20 Constraints on the Venusian lower cloud using VIRTIS-M-IR
J. Barstow, F. Taylor, C. Tsang, C. Wilson, P. Irwin, P. Drossart and G. Piccioni
01-06_Barstow.pdf (pdf - 11.1 kb)

11:20-11:25 Poster presentation

Venus's Ultraviolet Absorber and Sulfuric Acid Droplets
R. W. Carlson
01-07_Carlson_Poster.pdf (pdf - 55.8 kb)

11:25-11:55 Towards a synthesis of Venus Express cloud observations (invited)
C.F. Wilson and all Aussois participants
01-08_Wilson.pdf (pdf - 72 kb)

11:55-12:25 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

1Atmospheric composition and chemistry

Conveners: B. Bézard and S. Atreya 1

14:00-14:30 Venus chemical composition from Venus Express observations (invited)
J.-L. Bertaux
02-01_Bertaux_inv.pdf (pdf - 68 kb)

14:30-14:50 Water vapour in and below the clouds on Venus
C.C.C. Tsang, C.F. Wilson, J.K. Barstow, B. Bézard, K. Mc Gouldrick, J. Bailey, P.G.J. Irwin, F.W. Taylor, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart
02-02_Tsang.pdf (pdf - 66.2 kb)

14:50-15:10 Water vapor distribution in the venusian mesosphere from SPICAV observations
A. Fedorova, O. Korablev, J.-L. Bertaux, F. Montmessin, D. Belyaev
02-03_Fedorova.pdf (pdf - 63.9 kb)

15:10-15:30 Search for spatial and temporal variability of CO at 30-40 km
C.F. Wilson, C.C.C. Tsang and C. Cooling
02-04_Wilson.pdf (pdf - 62.1 kb)

15:30-15:50 Climatology from SOIR measurements in the upper atmosphere of Venus
A.C Vandaele, R. Drummond, A. Mahieux, S. Robert, V. Wilquet, J.-L. Bertaux
02-05_Vandaele.pdf (pdf - 78.6 kb)

15:50-16:10 SO2 and SO above Venus' clouds: sounding by orbital solar occultations in UV and IR.
D. A. Belyaev, F. Montmessin, J.-L. Bertaux, O. I. Korablev, A. A. Fedorova, A.-C. Vandaele, A. Mahieux, E. Marcq
02-06_Belyaev.pdf (pdf - 56.3 kb)

16:10-16:40 Coffee break

16:40- 17:10 Models of Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry on Venus (invited)
V. A. Krasnopolsky
02-07_Krasnopolsky_inv.pdf (pdf - 60.7 kb)

17:10-17:30 Photolysis of H2SO4 as a Source of SO2 and SO in the Mesosphere of Venus
Yung, Y. L, Zhang, Xi, and Parkinson, C. D.
02-08_Yung.pdf (pdf - 69.8 kb)

17:30-17:50 Analytic modeling of SOx in Venus' mesosphere
F. P. Mills, B. J. Sandor, R. T. Clancy, Y. L. Yung, and M. Allen
02-09_Mills.pdf (pdf - 7.4 kb)

17:50-18:00 Posters presentation

SO2 measurements using SPICAV-UV in nadir mode
E. Marcq, F. Montmessin, D. Belyaev, J.L. Bertaux and A. Fedorova
02-10_Marcq_Poster.pdf (pdf - 32.1 kb)

Photochemical Distribution of Venusian Sulfur and Halogen Species
C. D. Parkinson, F. Mills, A. Brecht, S. W. Bougher, and Y. L. Yung
02-11_Parkinson.pdf (pdf - 79.5 kb)

18:00-18:30 Discussion

Tuesday 22 June 2010

Florence HENRY — 2010-05-05T09:50:40Z

Atmospheric dynamics: measurements
Atmospheric dynamics: modelling

1Atmospheric dynamics: measurements

Conveners: S. Limaye and T. Imamura 1

9:00-9:05 Poster presentation

Zonal thermal winds in Venus mesosphere derived from Venus Express temperature soundings
Piccialli, D. V. Titov, S. Tellmann, A. Migliorini, P. Read, D. Grassi, M. Pätzold, B. Häusler, G. Piccioni, and P. Drossart

9:05-9:25 The nitric oxide Venus night airglow: SPICAV observations and implications on transport in the lower thermosphere
J.-C. Gérard, C. Cox and J.-L. Bertaux
03-02_Gerard.pdf (pdf - 60.1 kb)

9:25-9:45 Temporal and spatial variability of Venus winds at cloud level from VIRTIS during the Venus Express mission
R. Hueso, J. Peralta and A. Sánchez-Lavega
03-03_Hueso.pdf (pdf - 11.2 kb)

9:45-10:05 South polar dynamics of the Venusian atmosphere from VIRTIS/Venus Express mapping in the thermal range
D. Luz, D. Berry, J. Peralta, L. Duarte, A. Furtado, P. Drossart, G. Piccioni and the Venus Express Team
03-04_Luz.pdf (pdf - 13.4 kb)

10:05-10:35 Venus Atmospheric Circulation: Challenges in Observations and Understanding
P. Read and S. Limaye
03-05_Read_Limaye_inv.pdf (pdf - 56.8 kb)

10:35-11:05 Coffee break

11:05-11:25 Cloud top winds from the VMC images
I.Khatuntsev, M. Patsaeva, N. Ignatiev, D. Titov, W. Markiewicz and A.Turin
03-06_Khatuntsev.pdf (pdf - 5.1 kb)

11:25-11:55 The many faces of the Venus' polar vortex
G. Piccioni, R. Politi, P. Drossart and the VIRTIS-Venus Express Team
03-07_Piccioni.pdf (pdf - 61.3 kb)

11:55-12:25 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

1Atmospheric dynamics: modelling

Conveners: P. Read and S. Lebonnois 1

14:00-14:30 Modeling the Dynamics of the Venus Atmosphere; Past, Present, and Future (invited)
G. Schubert
04-01_Schubert_inv.pdf (pdf - 54 kb)

14:30-14:50 Barotropic instability of planetary polar vortices: laboratory analogues of Venus's polar ‘dipole'?
P.L. Read, L. Montabone, R. Wordsworth, A. Aguiar, T. Jacoby, T. McClimans, I. Ellingsen, A. Castrejon-Pita, L. Gostiaux, J. Sommeria, S. Viboud, H. Didelle, and M. Manfrin
04-02_Read.pdf (pdf - 84.2 kb)

14:50-15:20 Application of GCM to the Venus middle atmosphere dynamics (invited)
M. Yamamoto and M. Takahashi
04-03_Yamamoto_inv.pdf (pdf - 8.6 kb)

15:20-15:40 The LMD Venus General Circulation Model: Improvements and Questions
S. Lebonnois, F. Hourdin, F. Forget, V. Eymet and R. Fournier
04-04_Lebonnois.pdf (pdf - 6.7 kb)

15:40-16:10 Coffee break

16:10-16:30 Non-hydrostatic general circulation model of the Venus atmosphere
A.V.Rodin, I.V. Mingalev, K.G.Orlov, and N.I.Ignatiev
04-05_Rodin.pdf (pdf - 8.3 kb)

16:30-16:50 Progress in modeling global dynamics of Venus' mesosphere and thermosphere
S. Tingle, I. Mueller-Wodarg
04-06_Tingle.pdf (pdf - 6.9 kb)

16:50-16:55 Poster presentation

Mean meridional circulation in the Venus lower atmosphere simulated by a GCM with a new radiative transfer model for the Venus atmosphere
M. Takagi and Y. Matsuda
04-07_Takagi_poster.pdf (pdf - 6.2 kb)

16:55-17:25 Discussion

117:45-19:15 Poster session 1

Climatology of the Venus upper haze as measured by SOIR on board Venus Express
S. Robert, V. Wilquet, A. Mahieux, R. Drummond, A.C Vandaele and J.-L. Bertaux

Venus's Ultraviolet Absorber and Sulfuric Acid Droplets R. W. Carlson SO2 measurements using SPICAV-UV in nadir mode
E. Marcq, F. Montmessin, D. Belyaev, J.L. Bertaux and A. Fedorova

Photochemical Distribution of Venusian Sulfur and Halogen Species
C. D. Parkinson, F. Mills, A. Brecht, S. W. Bougher, and Y. L. Yung

Zonal thermal winds in Venus mesosphere derived from Venus Express temperature soundings
Piccialli, D. V. Titov, S. Tellmann, A. Migliorini, P. Read, D. Grassi, M. Pätzold, B. Häusler, G. Piccioni, and P. Drossart

Analysing Chemical Pathways in Planetary Atmospheres
J. L. Grenfell, J. Stock R. Lehmann and H. Rauer

More evidence (or lack thereof) of planetary-scale waves manifested in Venus' lower and middle cloud decks
E. Young and M. Bullock

Characterizing the Venus atmospheric dynamics from ground-based Doppler velocimetry
P. Machado, T. Widemann, D. Luz

Spatially-Resolved High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Venus : Variations of CO2, CO, HF, HCl, HDO, OCS, and SO2 at the Cloud Tops, OH and O2 Nightglow
V. Krasnopolsky

Ground-based observations by Japanese observers
S. Ohtsuki, N. Iwagami and K. Mitsuyama

Energy transfer rates between CO2 vibrational states. Lessons from atmospheric measurements at 4.3-um by Virtis/Vex
M. A. López-Valverde, G.Gilli , M. López-Puertas , J. Peralta , P. Drossart , and G. Piccioni

Near-Infrared Optical Constants of Sulfuric Acid
R.W. Carlson and M.S. Anderson

A novel approach for Limb Darkening Correction on Venus nightside NIR spectrum : results and implications
A. Longobardo, E. Palomba, A. Zinzi, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart and the VIRTIS-VeX Team

Radiative transfer of the oxygen 130 nm triplet in the atmosphere of Mars and Venus
M. Barthelemy G. Gronoff, J. Lilensten, C. Simon

New Radiative Transfer Code in the Oxford Venus GCM
J. Mendonca, P. L. Read and S. R. Lewis

Structure of polar upper atmosphere of Venus as measured by the Venus Express Atmospheric Drag Experiment (VExADE)
I. Mueller-Wodarg, P. Rosenblatt, S. Bruinsma, H. Svedhem

Influence of CO2 line profiles on radiative and radiative-convective equilibrium states of the Venus lower atmosphere.
M. Takagi, K. Suzuki, H. Sagawa, P. Baron, J. Mendrok, Y. Kasai, and Y. Matsuda

The Venus OH Nightglow Distribution
L. Soret , J.-C. Gérard, G. Piccioni and P. Drossart

Oxygen dayglow on Venus: consequences of the upper limit from the VIRTIS-Venus Express observations
A. Migliorini, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart, and the VIRTIS-Venus Express team

Modelling of the Nitric Oxide Emission Observed by SPICAV in Stellar Occultation Mode
E. Royer, F. Montmessin, J-L. Bertaux and E. Marcq

Calibration of the neutral thermosphere of Venus with Venus Express ionosphere measurement
O. Witasse, P.-L. Blelly, M. Helou, M. Pätzold, S. Tellmann, B. Hausler, A.-C. Vandaele, W. Wilquet, A. Mahieux, R. Drummond, E. Villard, F. Montmessin, J.- L. Bertaux, S. Remus and H. Svedhem

Electron observations from Venus Express
D. A. Brain

The Case for InSAR at Venus
R . Ghail, P. Mason and C. G. Cochrane

SPOSH-V: An optical detector assembly for detecting meteors in the Venusian night side atmosphere from orbit
A. Christou, J. Oberst, J. Flohrer, S. Elgner, D. Koschny, A. Margonis, J. P. McAuliffe

SeaBIRD–An infrastructure for the selection and manipulation of the VIRTIS-VEX data
R. Politi, G. Piccioni

Wednesday 23 June 2010

Florence HENRY — 2010-05-05T09:50:38Z

Surface and interior
Planetary evolution
Comparative planetology

8:30-9:00 SAGE mission to Venus
L.W. Esposito
Sage_Esposito.pdf (pdf - 55.2 kb)

1Surface and interior

Conveners: S. Smrekar, C. Sotin, and J. Helbert 1

9:00-9:20 Exploring the surface of Venus in the laboratory and with VIRTIS on Venus Express
J. Helbert, N. Müller, S. Smrekar, A. Maturilli, G. Piccioni and P. Drossart
05-01_Helbert.pdf (pdf - 61.2 kb)

9:20:9:50 Alteration of crustal rocks under Venus surface conditions (invited)
A. Treiman
05-02_Treiman_inv.pdf (pdf - 97.6 kb)

9:50-10:10 Venus surface from the VMC night side imaging
E.V. Shalygin, D.V. Titov, A. T. Basilevsky, W.J. Markiewicz
05-03_Shalygin.pdf (pdf - 63.6 kb)

10:10-10:30 Surface Temperature Variation from VIRTIS Imaging
N. Mueller, J. Helbert, S. Smrekar, S. Erard, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart
05-04_Mueller.pdf (pdf - 60.2 kb)

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:30 An Overview of Venus Geology and Geophysics (invited)
S. Smrekar
05-05_Smrekar_inv.pdf (pdf - 72.8 kb)

11:30-11:50 CIDGA: Coupling of Interior Dynamic models with Global Atmosphere models
L. Noack , A.-C. Plesa and D. Breuer
05-06_Noack.pdf (pdf - 8.5 kb)

11:50-12:20 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

1Planetary evolution

Conveners: D. Grinspoon and E. Chassefière 1

14:00-14:30 Noble gas geochemistry of Venus and other terrestrial planets (invited)
R. Wieler
06-01_Wieler_inv.pdf (pdf - 61.5 kb)

14:30-14:50 The evolution of Venus: what can we learn from the European Venus Explorer mission?
E. Chassefière, C. Wilson and the EVE team
06-02_Chassefiere.pdf (pdf - 67 kb)

14:50-15:20 The early evolution of Venus controlled by hydrodynamic escape (invited)
C. Gillmann, E. Chassefière and P. Lognonné
06-03_Gillmann_inv.pdf (pdf - 11.7 kb)

15:20-15:40 “Super-Venus”: a 1D radiative-convective model of primitive Earth atmosphere
E. Marcq, E. Chassefière, F. Leblanc, H. Massol
06-04_Marcq.pdf (pdf - 26 kb)

15:40-16:10 Coffee break

1Comparative planetology

Conveners: H. Rauer and D. Grinspoon 1

16:10-16:40 Convective stresses and lithospheric faulting on Venus and exoplanets (invited)
C. Sotin, I.W. Bolliger, G. Schubert, S. Smrekar, H. Taylor
07-01_Sotin_inv.pdf (pdf - 59 kb)

16:40-17:10 Hot Spot Volcanism on Venus, Earth and Mars (invited)
S. Smrekar, E. Stofan, P. Martin, C. Sotin, N. Mueller, A. Trieman, L. Elkins-Tanton, J. Helbert, G. Piccioni, and P. Drossart
07-02_Smrekar_inv.pdf (pdf - 67.5 kb)

17:10-17:30 Ionospheric photoelectrons at Venus, Earth, Mars & Titan
A.J. Coates, S.M.E. Tsang, A. Wellbrock, R.A. Frahm J.D. Winningham, S. Barabash, R. Lundin, D.T. Young and F.J. Crary
07-03_Coates.pdf (pdf - 71.5 kb)

17:30-17:50 Earth observations from VIRTIS on Venus Express
G. Piccioni, R. Politi, F. Nuccilli, P. Drossart and the VIRTIS-Venus Express Team
07-04_Piccioni.pdf (pdf - 61 kb)

17:50-17:55 Poster presentation

Analysing Chemical Pathways in Planetary Atmospheres
J. L. Grenfell, J. Stock R. Lehmann and H. Rauer
07-05_Grenfell_poster.pdf (pdf - 59.1 kb)

17:55-18:25 Discussion (on previous two sessions)

Thursday 24 June 2010

Florence HENRY — 2010-05-05T09:50:34Z

Ground-based observations
Laboratory experiments

1Ground-based observations

Conveners: S. Ohtsuki and T. Widemann 1

8:30-9:00 Sub-millimeter JCMT Observations of the Venus Upper Atmosphere: Winds, Temperatures, and Composition (invited)
T. Clancy and B. Sandor
08-01_Clancy_inv.pdf (pdf - 61.7 kb)

9:00-9:20 Temporal and Altitude Variation of SO2 and SO in the Venus Mesosphere: Sub-mm Spectroscopic Observations from the JCMT
B. Sandor, R.T. Clancy, G. Moriarty-Schieven and F.P. Mills
08-02_Sandor.pdf (pdf - 32.8 kb)

9:20-9:40 Ground-based Observations of the Venusian Mesospheric Wind Using Millimeter/Submillimeter Interferometers
H. Sagawa, P. Hartogh and M. Rengel
08-03_sagawa.pdf (pdf - 74.2 kb)

9:40-10:00 Spatially-Resolved High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Venus : Variations of CO2, CO, HF, HCl, HDO, OCS, and SO2 at the Cloud Tops, OH and O2 Nightglow
V. Krasnopolsky
08-04_Krasnopolsky.pdf (pdf - 88.7 kb)

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:00 Lasers and the Dynamic Mesosphere/Thermosphere of Venus (invited)
T. Kostiuk, K. E. Fast, T. A. Livengood, F. Schmülling, T. Hewagama , J. Annen, D. Buhl, G. Sonnabend, M. Sornig, P. Kroetz and J. Goldstein
08-05_Kostiuk.pdf (pdf - 71.6 kb)

11:00-11:20 Ground-based observations by Japanese observers
S. Ohtsuki, N. Iwagami and K. Mitsuyama
08-12_Ohtsuki.pdf (pdf - 89.8 kb)

11:20-11:40 Imaging Spectroscopy of Venus with the Anglo-Australian Telescope
J. Bailey
08-07_Bailey.pdf (pdf - 56.5 kb)

11:40-12:05 Poster presentations

More evidence (or lack thereof) of planetary-scale waves manifested in Venus' lower and middle cloud decks
E. Young and M. Bullock
08-09_Young_Poster.pdf (pdf - 61.2 kb)

Winds and Temperatures in Venus Upper Atmosphere from High- Resolution Infrared Heterodyne Spectroscopy
M. Sornig, G. Sonnabend, P. Kroetz and D. Stupar
08-06_Sornig.pdf (pdf - 26.1 kb)

Characterizing the Venus atmospheric dynamics from ground-based Doppler velocimetry
P. Machado, T. Widemann, D. Luz
08-10_Machado_Poster.pdf (pdf - 11 kb)

Ground-based observations of Oxygen night aiglow
S. Ohtsuki
08-08_Ohtsuki.pdf (pdf - 57.1 kb)

The synthetic spectrum of Venus in the 8-micron region
T. Encrenaz
08-11_Encrenaz_Poster.pdf (pdf - 56.4 kb)

12h15-12h30 Discussion

Free afternoon

1Laboratory experiments

Conveners: M. Snels 1

21:00-21:30 From very high sensitivity absorption spectra of the eight most abundant CO2 isotopologues to databases
A. Campargue
09-01_Campargue.pdf (pdf - 90.4 kb)

21:30-22:00 CO2 absorption in the far wings of rovibrational bands: implications for Venus nightside observations
A.V.Rodin, A.A.Fedorova, S.Stefani, N.Ignatiev, M.Snels, G.Piccioni, and P.Drossart
09-02_Rodin.pdf (pdf - 12.2 kb)

22:00-22:20 High pressure/high temperature infrared transmittance spectra of carbon dioxide; measured and simulated data
S. Stefani, G. Piccioni, M. Snels, N. Ignatiev, A. Rodin and A. Adriani
09-03_Stefani.pdf (pdf - 70.7 kb)

22:20-22:40 VIRTIS-Venus Express spectral registration from internal calibrations: approach and results
Politi R., Piccioni G., Stefani S. and the VIRTIS-Venus Express Team
09-04_Politi.pdf (pdf - 47.6 kb)

22:40-22:50 Poster presentations

Energy transfer rates between CO2 vibrational states. Lessons from atmospheric measurements at 4.3-um by Virtis/Vex
M. A. López-Valverde, G.Gilli , M. López-Puertas , J. Peralta , P. Drossart , and G. Piccioni
09-05_Lopez-Valverde.pdf (pdf - 59.5 kb)

Near-Infrared Optical Constants of Sulfuric Acid
R.W. Carlson and M.S. Anderson
09-06_Carlson.pdf (pdf - 63.2 kb)

22.50-23:00 Discussion

Friday 25 June 2010

Florence HENRY — 2010-05-05T09:50:32Z

Atmospheric structure, radiative balance and radiative transfer
Upper atmosphere, airglow and aurora

1Atmospheric structure, radiative balance and radiative transfer

Conveners: I. Mueller-Wodarg and D. Titov 1

8:30-9:00 Venus' upper mesosphere / lower thermosphere: Variability, modeling and observational constraints (invited)
T. Widemann
10-01_Widemann_inv.pdf (pdf - 79.7 kb)

9:00-9:20 Sounding the neutral upper atmosphere of Venus from orbit using CO2 non-LTE infrared emissions in nadir and limb geometries
M. A. López-Valverde , G.Gilli , J. Peralta , P. Drossart , and G. Piccioni
10-02_Lopez-Valverde.pdf (pdf - 55.9 kb)

9:20-9:50 Temporal and Spatial behavior of the thermal structure of the Upper Venusian atmosphere as observed by SPICAV (invited)
F. Montmessin, JL Bertaux, E. Marcq
10-03_Montmessin.pdf (pdf - 6.1 kb)

9:50-10:10 Temperature and density vertical profiles from the SOIR measurements on board Venus Express
A. Mahieux, S. Robert, R. Drummond, V. Wilquet, A.C Vandaele and J.-L. Bertaux
10-04_Mahieux.pdf (pdf - 80 kb)

10:10-10:40 Coffee break

10:40-11:00 Modeling of the 1.10- and 1.18-μm nightside windows observed by SPICAV-IR aboard Venus Express
B. Bézard, A. Fedorova, J.-L. Bertaux, A. Rodin, O. Korablev
10-05_Bezard.pdf (pdf - 75.1 kb)

11:00-11:30 The Venus Neutral Atmosphere from the Radio Science Experiment VeRa onVenus Express (invited)
S. Tellmann, B. Häusler, M. Pätzold, M.K. Bird, G.L. Tyler, T. Andert, and S. Remus
10-06_Tellmann.pdf (pdf - 61.7 kb)

11:30-11:55 Poster presentations

A novel approach for Limb Darkening Correction on Venus nightside NIR spectrum : results and implications
A. Longobardo, E. Palomba, A. Zinzi, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart and the VIRTIS-VeX Team
10-07_Longobardo.pdf (pdf - 75.4 kb)

Radiative transfer of the oxygen 130 nm triplet in the atmosphere of Mars and Venus
M. Barthelemy G. Gronoff, J. Lilensten, C. Simon
10-08_Barthelemy.pdf (pdf - 63.2 kb)

New Radiative Transfer Code in the Oxford Venus GCM
J. Mendonca, P. L. Read and S. R. Lewis
10-09_Mendoca.pdf (pdf - 72.4 kb)

Structure of polar upper atmosphere of Venus as measured by the Venus Express Atmospheric Drag Experiment (VExADE)
I. Mueller-Wodarg, P. Rosenblatt, S. Bruinsma, H. Svedhem
10-10_Mueller-Vordag.pdf (pdf - 5.9 kb)

Influence of CO2 line profiles on radiative and radiative-convective equilibrium states of the Venus lower atmosphere.
M. Takagi, K. Suzuki, H. Sagawa, P. Baron, J. Mendrok, Y. Kasai, and Y. Matsuda
10-11_Takagi.pdf (pdf - 6.1 kb)

11:55-12:25 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

1 Upper atmosphere, airglow and aurora

Conveners: O. Witasse, A. Nagy and T. Zhang 1

14:00-14:30 Dynamics, Airglow, and Chemistry of the Venus Upper Atmosphere: Interpretation of Venus Express Datasets Using the VTGCM (invited)
S. W. Bougher, A. Brecht, C. D. Parkinson, S. Rafkin, J.-C. Gerard and Y. L. Yung
11-01_Bougher_inv.pdf (pdf - 69.2 kb)

14:30-14:50 Concurrent observations of the ultraviolet NO and infrared O2 nightglow emissions: Uncorrelated behavior explained with the VTGCM
A.Brecht, S. W. Bougher, C. D. Parkinson, S. Rafkin, and J. –C. Gerard
11-02_Brecht.pdf (pdf - 65.7 kb)

14:50-15:10 Observations of night OH in the mesosphere of Venus
C. D. Parkinson, A. Brecht, S. W. Bougher, and Y. L. Yung
11-03_Parkinson.pdf (pdf - 82.5 kb)

15:10-15:30 New oxygen nightglow emissions detected in the upper atmosphere of Venus by VIRTIS
A. Migliorini , G. Piccioni, J.-C. Gerard, M. Snels, L., Zasova, S. Stefani, and P. Drossart
11-04_Migliorini.pdf (pdf - 72.5 kb)

15:30-15:50 Simulations of selected O2 airglow emissions in the Venus atmosphere
M.-E. Gagné, S. M. L. Melo, K. Strong
11-05_Gagne.pdf (pdf - 67.2 kb)

15:50-16:05 Poster presentations

The Venus OH Nightglow Distribution
L. Soret , J.-C. Gérard, G. Piccioni and P. Drossart
11-06_Soret_Poster.pdf (pdf - 17.5 kb)

Oxygen dayglow on Venus: consequences of the upper limit from the VIRTIS-Venus Express observations
A. Migliorini, G. Piccioni, P. Drossart, and the VIRTIS-Venus Express team
11-07_Migliorini_Poster.pdf (pdf - 59 kb)

Modelling of the Nitric Oxide Emission Observed by SPICAV in Stellar Occultation Mode
E. Royer, F. Montmessin, J-L. Bertaux and E. Marcq
11-08_Royer_Poster.pdf (pdf - 23.8 kb)

16:05-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-17:00 Models for the Venus Upper Atmosphere and Plasma Environment (invited)
D. A. Brain
11-09_Brain_inv.pdf (pdf - 53.6 kb)

17:00-17:30 Radio Sounding of the Venus Ionosphere: From Mariner V to Venus Express (invited)
M. Pätzold, S. Tellmann, B. Häusler and G.L. Tyler
11-10_Paetzold.pdf (pdf - 60.8 kb)

17:30-17:50 Low-frequency magnetic field fluctuations in Venus' solar wind interaction region: Venus Express observations
L. Guicking, K.-H. Glassmeier, H.-U. Auster, M. Delva, U. Motschmann, Y. Narita, and T.L. Zhang
11-11_Guicking.pdf (pdf - 22.2 kb)

17:50-18:00 Poster presentations

Calibration of the neutral thermosphere of Venus with Venus Express ionosphere measurement
O. Witasse, P.-L. Blelly, M. Helou, M. Pätzold, S. Tellmann, B. Hausler, A.-C. Vandaele, W. Wilquet, A. Mahieux, R. Drummond, E. Villard, F. Montmessin, J.- L. Bertaux, S. Remus and H. Svedhem
11-12_Witasse_Poster.pdf (pdf - 60.6 kb)

Electron observations from Venus Express
D. A. Brain
11-13_Brain_Poster.pdf (pdf - 100.3 kb)

18:00-18:30 Discussion

Saturday 26 June 2010

Florence HENRY — 2010-05-05T09:50:30Z

Future missions, tools, wrap-up and Venus book

1Future missions, tools, wrap-up and Venus book

Conveners: F.W. Taylor and H. Svedhem 1

9:00-9:20 Venus Express: current status and future activities
H. Svedhem

9:20-9:40 Upcoming Venus exploration by AKATSUKI/Venus Climate Orbiter
M. Nakamura, T. Imamura, T. Satoh, and VCO Team
12-02_Nakamura.pdf (pdf - 21.3 kb)

9:40-10:00 The future investigation of Venus - the Russian mission Venera-D
Zasova L.V., Zelenyi L.M., Korablev O.I., Khartov V.V., Pichkhadze K.M., Vorontsov V.A., Elkin K.S., Sanko N.F., Voron V.V., Basilevsky A.T, Marov M.Ya. and the Venera-D Team
12-03_Zasova.pdf (pdf - 83 kb)

10:00-10:20 The Next Step: In-situ Exploration of Venus by Balloon – Science Objectives and Mission Architecture
K. H. Baines, S. K. Atreya, T. Balint, M. Bullock, D. Crisp, D. Grinspoon, J. L. Hall, V. V. Kerzhanovich, S. S. Limaye, P. R. Mahaffy, C. T. Russell, S. K. Stephens, C. R. Webster, and K. Zahnle
12-04_Baines.pdf (pdf - 82.7 kb)

10:20-10:35 Poster presentations

The Case for InSAR at Venus
R . Ghail, P. Mason and C. G. Cochrane
12-05_Ghail_Poster.pdf (pdf - 69.7 kb)

SPOSH-V: An optical detector assembly for detecting meteors in the Venusian night side atmosphere from orbit
A. Christou, J. Oberst, J. Flohrer, S. Elgner, D. Koschny, A. Margonis, J. P. McAuliffe
12-06_Christou_Poster.pdf (pdf - 81.1 kb)

SeaBIRD–An infrastructure for the selection and manipulation of the VIRTIS-VEX data
R. Politi, G. Piccioni
12-07_Politi_Poster.pdf (pdf - 62.4 kb)

10:35-11:05 Coffee break

11:05-11:45 Wrap-up of the conference
H. Svedhem and F.W. Taylor

11:45-12:20 Venus III: The Atmosphere, Climate, Surface, Interior and Near-Space Environment of an Earth-like Planet
F. W. Taylor, C. T. Russell, T. Satoh, H. Svedhem, and D. V. Titov
VenusIII_Taylor.pdf (pdf - 88 kb)

12:20 Concluding remarks
H. Svedhem and P. Drossart

Overview schedule

Florence HENRY — 2010-05-05T07:58:20Z

Monday 21 June	Tuesday 22 June	Wednesday 23 June	Thursday 24 June	Friday 25 June	Saturday 26 June
9:00-12:30 Clouds and haze	9:00-12:30 Atmospheric dynamics: measurements	8:30-9:00 Extra talk from the mission session 9:00-12:30 Surface and interior	8:30-12:30 Ground-based observations	8:30-12:30 Atmospheric structure and radiative balance	9:00-12h30 Future missions Wrap-up Venus book
14:00-18:30 Atmospheric composition and chemistry 18:45 Welcome Drink	14:00-17:30 Atmospheric dynamics: modelling 17:45-19:15 Poster session	14:00-18:30 Planetary evolution and comparative planetology	Free afternoon	14:00-18:30 Upper atmosphere, airglow, and plasma
		19:30 Conference dinner	21:00-23:00 Laboratory experiments

Read the detailed programme.