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