Sixth international workshop on the Mars atmosphere:

Modelling and observations

Granada, January 17-20 2017

Program

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Oral presentations are 15 minutes long (12 mn + 3mn questions)

Monday, January 16, 2017

Monday, 19:30: Welcome reception at the Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo de Granada (Plaza de Los Campos, City center).

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Registration: 9:00 - 9:30

Tuesday, 9:30- 11:20

• Welcoming remarks.

MARS METEOROLOGY: AN OVERVIEW & GENERAL ATTRIBUTES

Chair: Mike Wolff

NEW LOCAL AND GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS

• Atmospheric Mars Entry and Landing Investigations & Analysis (AMELIA) by ExoMars 2016 Schiaparelli Entry Descent Module

F. Ferri, O. Karatekin, A. Aboudan, B. VanHove, C. Bettanini, G. Colombatti, S.

Debei, N. Gerbal, S. Lewis, F. Forget

• Global UV Imaging by MAVEN/IUVS: Diurnal Cloud Formation, Dust Storms and Atmospheric Scattering

N. M. Schneider, J. I. Deighan, S. K. Jain, A. D. Derks, M. S. Chaffin, M. Crismani, A. I. F. Stewart, W. E. McClintock, G. M. Holsclaw, B. M. Jakosky, F. Lefèvre, F. Montmessin, M. J. Wolff, A. Stiepen, M. H. Stevens, J. S. Evans, R. V. Yelle, D. Y. Lo, J. T. Clarke

• MCS Observations of the Weather and Climate of Martian Northern Spring and Summer

D. M. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, P. O. Hayne, D. J. McCleese, J. T. Schofield, N. G. Heavens

• Comparisons of Observations and Simulations of the Mars Polar Atmosphere

D. J. McCleese, A. Kleinboehl, D. M. Kass, J. T. Schofield, R. J. Wilson, S. Greybush

Poster in this session: In-situ atmospheric observations from heat shield pressure data: application to Mars Science Laboratory entry flight, status of ExoMars analysis.

B. Van Hove and O. Karatekin

THE WEATHER IN GALE CRATER

• Gale atmospheric Evolution along the first two Years on Mars of using REMS-MSL Data

J. Gómez-Elvira, I. Carrasco, A. Lepinette, M. Marín, L. Mora, S. Navarro, V. Peinado, J. Pla-Garcia, J. Torres, D. Viúdez-Moreiras, R. Urqui, M. de la Torre, C. Newman, G. M. Martínez, A-M. Harri, M. Genzer and the REMS team

• An Overview of the Dust, CO₂ and Water Cycles on Mars as Revealed from In-Situ Environmental Data from the Viking to the Curiosity Rover

G. M. Martínez, A. De Vicente-Retortillo, A. G. Fairén, E. Fischer, M. Genzer, S. D. Guzewich, R. M. Haberle, A.-M. Harri, O. Kemppinen, M. Lemmon, C. Newman, N. Renno, M. Richardson, M. D. Smith, M. Torre-Juárez, A. R. Vasavada

11:20 -11:50 : Coffee break

Tuesday, 11:50 - 13:30:

Chair: Sandrine Guerlet

• Gale Wind Speed Weibull Distribution Based on the First Two Years of REMS Wind Data

D. Viúdez-Moreiras, J. Gómez-Elvira, C. Newman, S. Navarro, M. Marin and the REMS team

Poster in this session: Observations and Simulations of Martian Weather, a Perspective with Data from MSL Curiosity

I. Ordonez-Etxeberria, R. Hueso, A. Sánchez-Lavega.

UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS WITH MODELS

• Topographic Circulations on Mars: Surface Pressure, Convective Boundary Layers and Network Implications

D. Tyler, J. R. Barnes, R. J. Wilson, J. Murphy

• Assessing atmospheric thermal Forcing from surface Pressure Data: Separating thermal Tides and local Topographic Influence

R. J. Wilson, J. M. Murphy, D. Tyler,

• A Climatological Description of MCS and MCD Thermal Profiles Using a Cluster Analysis

M. A. Lopez-Valverde, A. Cala-Hurtado, S. Jimenez-Monferrer, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, L. Montabone, E. Millour, T. Navarro, F. Forget, G. Marzo, S. Fonti

• Major Challenges in Mars Climate Modeling: Dust, Clouds and Waves

F. Forget, C. Wang, A. Pottier, E. Millour, G. Gilli, M. Vals, V. Zakharov, A. Spiga, T. Navarro, L. Montabone.

• The Challenge of Atmospheric Data Assimilation : Illustration with the LMD GCM, MCS Observations and a Kalman Filter Method

T. Navarro, E. Millour and F. Forget

Poster in this session: Eddy Diffusivity Mass Flux Parameterization for Non-Dusty Martian Boundary Layers: A Progress Report

N.G. Heavens, M.L. Witek, C.E. Newman

Poster in this session: Interoperable Mars Atmosphere Data Services

S. Erard, Z. Yin, B. Cecconi, E. Millour, A. Määttänen, P. Le Sidaner,

13:30 - 15:30: Lunch break

Tuesday, 15:30 - 17:00

Chair: Håkan Svedhem

MARS EXPRESS: ALIVE AND KICKING

• MARS EXPRESS: Mission Status, Recent Findings and future Plans

D. Titov, A. Cardesin, P. Martin, T. Duxbury, F. Forget, M. Giuranna, F. González-Galindo, M. Holmström, R. Jaumann, A.Määttänen, F. Montmessin , R. Jaumann, R. Orosei, M. Pätzold, J. Plaut, and MEX SGS Team.

• A “New” Scientific Camera around Mars, Getting Science with Visual Monitoring Camera onboard Mars Express

A. Cardesín Moinelo, A. Sánchez-Lavega, M. Almeida, D. Titov. , S. Wood, T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia, H. Chen Chen, R. Hueso, M Breitfellner, E. Grotheer and P. Martin.

• 12 Years of atmospheric Monitoring by the planetary Fourier Spectrometer onboard Mars Express

Marco Giuranna, P. Wolkenberg, D. Grassi, A. Aronica, S. Aoki, V. Formisano, D. Scaccabarozzi, B. Saggin

Poster in this session: Still unexploited atmospheric OMEGA/MEx Observations

B. Gondet, J.-P. Bibring, M. Vincendon

MARS ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION AND DYNAMICS

• Mars in Context: Comparative Atmospheric Circulation of Terrestrial Planets

P. L. Read, F. Tabataba-Vakili, A. Valeanu, Y. Wang, R. M. B. Young

• Forced & Free Atmospheric Waves in MRO/MCS Data: Observations and E-P Flux Divergences

D. Banfield and the MCS Science Team.

17:00 - 17:30 : Tea break

Tuesday, 17:30 - 19:00

Chair: Michael Battalio

• Detection of Northern Hemisphere Transient Baroclinic Eddies at Gale Crater Mars

R.M. Haberle, M.A. Kahre, M. De La Torre, D.M. Kass, J.R. Barnes

• Extratropical Weather Systems on Mars: Radiatively-Active Water Ice Cloud Effects

J.L. Hollingsworth, M.A. Kahre, R.M. Haberle, R.A. Urata, F. Montmessin .

• Traveling Weather Systems in the Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS)

Steven J. Greybush, R. J. Wilson, H. Gillespie, E. Kalnay, M. Wespetal, T. Nehrkorn, S. M. Leidner, R. Hoffman

• Mars’ Annular Polar Vortices: Cause and Stability

D. W. Waugh, A. D. Toigo, S. D. Guzewich, W. J. M. Seviour, R. K. Scott

• Ertel Potential Vorticity, Bernoulli Streamfunction, Planetary-Scale Hydraulic Jumps, and Transonic Jet-Streaks in a Re-Analysis of the Martian Atmosphere

Stephen R. Lewis, Timothy E. Dowling, Mary Elizabeth Bradley, Peter L. Read

Poster in this session. Eddy Energetics of the Southern Hemisphere of Mars from the Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA)

J. M. Battalio, I. Szunyogh and M. Lemmon.

Poster in this session. Transient Eddies in the Mars Atmosphere: Two Regimes

J.R. Barnes.

Poster in this session. Wavenumber-Frequency Spectra of Atmospheric Temperature, Zonal and Meridional Winds in Low Latitudes on Mars

K. Ogohara

Poster in this session. Spectrally resolved energetics of the Martian atmosphere

A. M. Valeanu, P.L. Read, F. Tabataba-Vakili, and L. Montabone

19:00 End of session

Evening event: "Flamenco show and dinner" at Peña la Platería (Placeta de Toqueros, 7) in the Albaizin quarter (details given at the conference)

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Wednesday, 10:00- 11:30

Chair: Roland Young

GRAVITY WAVES: A KEY PROCESS IN THE MARS ATMOSPHERE?

• Study of Gravity Waves Distribution and Propagation in the Thermosphere of Mars based on Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter And MAVEN Density Measurements

M. Vals, F. Forget, A. Spiga, L. Montabone, E. Millour

• Gravity Waves and their Effects from the Martian Troposphere to Thermosphere

A. S. Medvedev, E. Yiğit, T. Kuroda, Ch. Mockel, P. Hartogh

• Simulation of Gravity Wave Fields and Their Effects on the Large-scale Flow in the Martian Atmosphere Using a High-resolution General Circulation Model

T. Kuroda, A.S. Medvedev, P. Hartogh, E. Yiğit

• On the Impact of Non-Orographic Gravity Waves in the LMD Mars Global Climate Model

G. Gilli, F. Forget, A. Spiga, T. Navarro, L. Montabone, E. Millour.

• Sensitivity of Radiatively Active Water Ice Clouds on Gravity Wave Drag in the GEM-Mars GCM

L. Neary, F. Daerden

Announcement :

The book “The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars” (Cambridge University Press) will be released in 2017

R. M. Haberle, R. T. Clancy, F. Forget, M. D. Smith, R. W. Zurek and all the book authors.

11:30 - 12:00 : Coffee break

Wednesday, 12:00 - 13:40:

Chair: Armin Kleinboehl

THE DUST “CYCLE” (I.E. IS IT EVEN PERIODIC?)

DUST IN GALE CRATER

• Aerosol Optical Depth as Observed by the Mars Science Laboratory REMS UV Photodiodes

M. D. Smith, M.-P. Zorzano, M. Lemmon, J. Martín-Torres, T. Mendaza de Cal

• Variability of Dust Aerosol Particle Size at Gale Crater Using Mastcam and REMS UV Measurements

A. De Vicente-Retortillo, G. M. Martínez, N. O. Renno, M. T. Lemmon, M. de la Torre-Juárez

• Dust Devils and Convective Vortices detected by MSL

H. Kahanpää, C. Newman, J. Moores, M.-P. Zorzano, S. Navarro, A. Lepinette, J. Martín-Torres, P. Valentín-Serrano, B. Cantor, M. T. Lemmon, A. Ullán, W. Schmidt

Poster in this session: A Quick Look Estimation of Optical Depth Measurements from the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station Ultraviolet Sensors

E. Mason, M. Lemmon, M. de la Torre, M. Smith

Poster in this session: Dust on Mars From Navcam and Hazcam Images on MSL

Hao Chen-Chen , Santiago Pérez-Hoyos, Agustín Sánchez-Lavega.

Poster in this session: The Mars Science Laboratory Dust Storm Campaign

S. D. Guzewich, C.E. Newman,M. de la Torre, M. Lemmon, E. Mason, M. Battalio,M-P. Zorzano Mier, J. Moores, C.A. Moore, J. L. Kloos, G.M. Martinez, M.D. Smith, and the MSL Science Team

DUST OBSERVATIONS FROM ORBIT

• Characterization of Dust Activity from MY27 to MY32 Observed by PFS-MEx

P. Wolkenberg, M. Giuranna, S. Aoki, A. Mahieux

• On the Dustiest Locations on Mars from Observations

L. Montabone, B. Cantor, F. Forget, D. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff

• Bridging the Scales: What Local Dust Storms can tell us about Regional and Global Dust Events and vice versa

N. G. Heavens

Poster in this session: Improvements in Limb Retrievals of TES Solarband and IR Data (and MCS Solarband Data)

M. J. Wolff, A. A. Pankine

Poster in this session. Developing a Unified TES and MGS Relational Database

A. Egan and S.C. R. Rafkin.

13:40 - 15:30: Lunch break

Wednesday, 15:30 - 16:55

Chair: Scott Guzewich

ARE DUST STORMS CONTROLLED BY ORBIT-SPIN COUPLING?

• Orbit-Spin Coupling and the Circulations of Planetary Atmospheres: Insights Gained from Numerical Modeling with the MarsWRF GCM

J. H. Shirley, M. A. Mischna

• The Role of Dust Feedback on the Orbit-Spin Coupling Hypothesis of Global Dust Storm Formation on Mars

M. A. Mischna, J. H Shirley, C. E. Newman

• Toward Simulating Realistic, Self-Consistent, and Potentially Predictable Dust Cycles and Storms in Mars Global Atmospheric Models

C. E. Newman, M. I. Richardson, M. A. Mischna, J. H Shirley

FROM LOCAL STORMS TO GLOBAL STORMS

• A Solar Escalator on Mars: Self-Lifting of Dust Layers by Radiative Heating

F. Daerden, J. A. Whiteway, L. Neary, L. Komguem, M. T. Lemmon, N. G. Heavens, B. A. Cantor, E. Hébrard, and M. D. Smith.

• The Evolution, Dynamics and Structure of a Numerically Modeled Large Dust Storm on Mars

S. C. R. Rafkin, J. Pla-Garcia

16:55 - 17:25 : Tea break

Wednesday, 17:25 - 18:30

Chair: Kazunori Ogohara

• The Effect of Model Resolution on Wind-Stress Dust Lifting within the LMD/UK Mars Global Circulation Model

R. M. Chapman, S. R. Lewis, M. Balme and L. J. Steele.

Poster in this session. Quantifying the Impact of Local Dust Storms on Martian Atmosphere Using the LMD/UK Mars Global Climate Model

A. El-Said, S.R. Lewis, M.R. Patel, F. Forget.

Poster in this session: Wind induced Dust Erosion in Low Gravity

M. Kruss, T. Demirci, G. Musiolik, B. Schrinski, G. Wurm

Poster in this session. Prevailing Dust Storms Over the Hellas Basin on Mars Around Southern Spring Equinox

K. C. Chow and K. L. Chan.

Poster in this session: High Resolution Simulations of Dust Devils and Global Circulation of the Martian atmosphere

Y. O. Takahashi, S. Nishizawa, H. Yashiro, Y. Sato, Y. Miyamoto, H. Tomita, Y.-Y. Hayashi, M. Odaka, M. Ishiwatari, K. Sugiyama, K. Nakajima, S. Takehiro

Poster in this session: Effects of Radiatively Active Clouds on Wind Stress Dust Lifting during Northern Hemisphere Summer on Mars

V. Jha , M. A. Kahre

Poster in this session: Investigating the Role of Advection Processes in Improved Martian Dust Assimilation Techniques for Exomars

P. M. Streeter, S. R. Lewis, M. R. Patel, L. J. Steele

Poster in this session: Regional and global dust storms on Mars investigated using data assimilation

T. Ruan, R. M. B. Young, P. L. Read, S. R. Lewis and L. Montabone

ELECTRIC DUST

• Modeling the Effects of Dust Size Distribution, Composition, and Charging Physics on the Electric Environment of Martian Dust Devils

E. L. Barth, W. M. Farrell and S. C. R. Rafkin.

Poster in this session. Simulating Triboelectric Charging of Chemically-Identical Grains under Near-Surface Martian Conditions

J.S. Méndez Harper, J. Dufek

DUST PROPERTIES

• Light Scattering by Martian Dust Analogues

O. Muñoz, J. EscobarCerezo, D. Guirado, F. Moreno

• Properties of a Local Dust Storm on Atlantis Chaos, Mars

F. Oliva, A. Geminale, F. Altieri, G. Bellucci, F.G. Carrozzo, E. D’Aversa, G. Sindoni, D. Grassi

Poster in this session. Far Infrared Spectroscopic Parameters of Mars Atmospheric Aerosols and their Application to MCS Retrievals in High Aerosol Conditions

A. Kleinböhl, L. Chen, J. T. Schofield

Poster in this session: Aerosol Properties during the 2007 Global Dust Storm (MY28): Solar Infrared Occultation Observations by SPICAM

D. S. Betsis, A. A. Fedorova, O. I. Korablev, J.-L. Bertaux, F. Montmessin

18:30: Announcement (5') :

• The "Cross Drive" Immersive Virtual Reality Tools demo at the poster session

M. Giuranna, A. Gerndt and the Cross Drive project team.

18:35 End of session

18:35 Posters & Snack session

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Thursday, 10:00- 11:40

Chair: Anni Määttänen

THE CO₂ CYCLE

• Seasonal Evolution and Energy Budget of the South Residual Polar Cap of Mars from CRISM and HiRISE Observations

C. Pilorget, S. Douté, M. Vincendon

• Near-Surface Non-Condensable Gas Enrichment in the Martian Polar Regions from MCS Surface Observations

S. Piqueux, A. Kleinböhl, P. Hayne, D. Kass, J. Schofield, D. McCleese, M. Richardson

Poster in this session: CO₂ Supersaturation by Atmospheric Waves in the Martian Polar Nights

K. Noguchi, T. Kuroda, H. Hayashi

Abstract only: An Improved Carbon Dioxide Snow Spectral Albedo Model: Application to Martian Conditions

D. Singh, M. G. Flanner

CLOUDS AND THE WATER CYCLE

OBSERVATIONS

• Water Vapor and Aerosols from Chemcam Passive Sky Observations

T. H. McConnochie, M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff, S. Bender, M. Lemmon, R. C. Wiens, S. Maurice, O. Gasnault, J. Lasue, P.-Y. Meslin, A.-M. Harri, M. Genzer, O. Kemppinen, G. M. Martínez, L. DeFlores, D. Blaney, J. R. Johnson, J. F. Bell III

• Vertical Water Vapor Distribution at Phoenix

L. K. Tamppari and M. T. Lemmon

• The Distribution of Mars Water Vapor Versus Altitude, Season, and Latitude as Derived from Global Comparisons of CRISM Retrieved and LMD GCM Simulated O2(1δg) Dayglow Profiles

R. T. Clancy, B. Sandor, M. Wolff, F. Lefèvre, T. Navarro, M. Smith, T. McConnochie, S. Murchie, H. Nair, and A. Toigo.

• Water Vapor Retrievals over North Polar Craters with Ice Mounds: Constraints on Sublimation Rates

G.D. McDonald, L. Ojha, T.H. McConnochie, M.D. Smith, J.J. Wray

11:40 - 12:10 : Coffee break

Thursday, 12:10 - 13:45

Chair: David Klassen

• Ice Cloud Retrieval in the Martian Atmosphere Using SPICAM/UV.

Y. Willame, A. C. Vandaele, B. Gondet, F. Montmessin.

• The Distributions of retrieved Properties from Water Ice Clouds in the Martian Atmosphere using The OMEGA Imaging Spectrometer

K. S.Olsen, F. Forget, J.B.Madeleine,A. Szantai, J. Audouard, A. Geminale, F. Altieri, G. Bellucci, L. Montabone, M. J. Wolff

Poster in this session. Water Vapor in the Middle Atmosphere of Mars during the Southern Summer Season by SPICAM/MEX

A. Fedorova, D. Betsis, O. Korablev, J.-L. Bertaux, F. Montmessin, L. Maltagliati, Clarke J.

Poster in this session. Construction of a 4D water ice cloud database from Mars Express / OMEGA observations - Derivation of the diurnal Martian cloud life cycle

A. Szantai, J. Audouard, F. Forget, J.-B. Madeleine, A. Pottier, E. Millour, B. Gondet, Y. Langevin, J.-P. Bibring

MODELLING THE WATER CYCLE AND CLOUDS

• Updates on Modeling the Water Cycle with the NASA Ames Mars Global Climate Model

M. A. Kahre, R. M. Haberle, J. L. Hollingsworth, F. Montmessin, A. S. Brecht, R. Urata, D. R. Klassen, M. J. Wolff

• Nighttime Convection by Water-Ice Clouds on Mars

A. Spiga, D. P. Hinson, J.-B. Madeleine, T. Navarro, E. Millour, F. Forget, F. Montmessin

Poster in this session. Hydrological Cycle in the General Circulation Model of the Martian Atmosphere

D. S. Shaposhnikov, A. V. Rodin, A. S. Medvedev, P. Hartogh

Poster in this session. Modeling MARCI and TES Aphelion Cloud Belt Optical Depth Peak Differences with the Ames MGCM

D. R. Klassen, M. A. Kahre, M. J.Wolff, R. M. Haberle, J. L. Hollingsworth

Poster in this session: Significance of Topography-driven Vertical Transport on the Global Water Cycle on Mars

R. A. Urata, M. Kahre, J. Hollingsworth.

Poster in this session: Simulation of the Water Cycle Including HDO/H2O Isotopic Fractionation on the Present Mars Using Dramatic MGCM

T. Kuroda

BRINES ON MARS

• Experimental Recreation of the diurnal Cycle at the Phoenix landing Site – Investigating the Formation and Persistence of Brine

E. Fischer, G. M. Martínez, N. O. Renno

• Laboratory Studies of Deliquescence and Adsorption at the Surface of Mars with Raman Scattering

G. Nikolakakos, J. Whiteway

13:45 - 15:30: Lunch break

Thursday, 15:30 - 16:50

Chair: Zachary Girazian

MARS MESOSPHERE AND THERMOSPHERE REVEALED

TEMPERATURES AND WINDS

• Temperature Profiles and Wave Structures observed with IUVS/MAVEN Stellar Occultations

H. Gröller, R. V. Yelle, T. Koskinen, F. Montmessin, G. Lacombe, S. Jain, J. Deighan, N. M. Schneider, H. Nakagawa, A. S. Medvedev

• Variability of the Thermospheric Temperature and Wind Structure of Mars: MAVEN NGIMS Measurements and Corresponding Global Model Simulations

S. W. Bougher, K. J. Roeten, Ann Arbor, P. R. Mahaffy, M. Benna, M. K. Elrod, J. M. Bell and B. M. Jakosky.

• Martian Thermosphere in MAVEN/IUVS Data and MPI-MGCM

C. Mockel, A. S. Medvedev, P. Hartogh, E. Yiğit, H. Nakagawa, N. Terada, T. Kuroda, K. Seki, S. Evans, N. M. Schneider, S.K. Jain, J. I. Deighan, W. E. McClintock, B. M. Jakosky, D. Lo,

• Study of the Mars thermospheric Temperatures during the southern polar Winter

F. González-Galindo, M.A. López-Valverde, A. CalaHurtado, E. Millour, F. Forget

• Non-LTE Retrievals of CO₂ in the Martian Atmosphere from OMEGA limb data

S. Jiménez-Monferrer, B. Funke, M. A. Lopez-Valverde, M. Garcıa-Comas, M. Lopez-Puertas

16:50 - 17:20 : Tea break

Thursday, 17:20 - 19:00

Chair: Matt Fillingim

UPPER ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION

• Atmospheric Abundances Retrieved from IUVS/MAVEN Stellar Occultations

R. V. Yelle, H. Gröller, T. Koskinen, F. Montmessin, G. Lacombe, F. Lefèvre, S. Jain, J. Deighan, N. M. Schneider

• Nitric Oxide Nightglow Mapping from IUVS Images and Implications for Seasonal transport in Mars’ Mesosphere

A. Stiepen, A. I. F. Stewart, S. K. Jain, N. M. Schneider, J. I. Deighan, F. Gonzàlez-Galindo, J.-C. Gérard, M. H. Stevens, S. Bougher, Z. Milby, J. S. Evans, M. S. Chaffin, W. E. Mcclintock, J. T. Clarke, G. M. Holsclaw, F. Montmessin, F. Lefèvre, D. Y. Lo, B. M. Jakosky

• MAVEN/IUVS Dayglow Observations: Martian Thermospheric Response to Solar EUV and XUV

S. K. Jain, A. I. F. Stewart, J. I. Deighan, N. M. Schneider, M. M. J. Crismani, M. S. Chaffin, W. E. McClintock, E. M. B. Thiemann, F. Eparvier, B. M. Jakosky, M. H. Stevens, J. S. Evans, P. C. Chamberlin

• Martian ultraviolet Aurora : Results of Model Simulations

J.-C. Gérard, L. Soret, V.I. Shematovich, D.V. Bisikalo

• Recent Simulation of the Martian Upper Atmosphere from Global Circulation Model and Global Exospheric Model and First Comparisons with MAVEN/IUVS Observations

J-Y. Chaufray, F. Leblanc^, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, M.A Lopez-Valverde, F. Forget, J. Deighan, M.S. Chaffin, N.M. Schneider, S. Jain, F.G. Eparvier, E.M.B. Thiemann, B. Jakosky and P.C. Chamberlin.

• High Altitude Water Powers Mars H Escape

M.S. Chaffin, J. Deighan, N.M. Schneider and A.I.F. Stewart.

Poster in this session: A global empirical Model of the Thermosphere of Mars based on in situ Mass Spectrometer Data

Z. Girazian, P. Mahaffy, M. Benna, M. Elrod, D. Drob, S. Bougher

Poster in this session: Seasonal Variations of the Atomic Oxygen on Mars’ Upper Atmosphere Derived from the O I 130.4 nm Triplet Observed by MAVEN/IUVS

J-Y. Chaufray , J. Deighan, N.M. Schneider, S. Jain, A.I.F. Stewart, M.S. Chaffin, F.G. Eparvier, E.M.B. Thiemann, B. Jakosky, J.T Clarke, P.C. Chamberlin.

Poster in this session: Three Types of Aurora observed by MAVEN/IUVS: Implications for Mars’ upper Atmosphere Energy Budget

K. Connour, N.M. Schneider, S.K. Jain, J.I. Deighan, M.S. Chaffin, A. Stiepen, C. Nasr, D. Brain, X. Fang, A.I.F. Stewart, M.J. Crismani, W.E. McClintock, G.M. Holsclaw, B. Jakosky, J.T. Clarke, M. Mayyasi, J.S. Evans, J.C. Gerard, L. Soret, D. Larson, D.L. Mitchell, C.O. Lee, R. Lillis,C. Mazelle, J.S. Halekas, M.H. Stevens, F. Lefevre, F. Montmessin,

Poster in this session. Global Simulation of UV atmospheric Emissions

F. González-Galindo, M.A. López-Valverde, F. Forget, A. Stiepen, J.C. Gérard, N.M. Schneider, S.K. Jain, J. Deighan, J.L. Bertaux

Poster in this session: Total Atmospheric Loss from Upper-Atmospheric Structure of ³⁶Ar/³⁸Ar Observed by MAVEN

M. Slipski, B. M. Jakosky, M. Benna, P. Mahaffy, M. K. Elrod, R. Yelle, S. Stone, N. Alsaeed

Poster in this session: Using ionospheric Currents to infer ionospheric electric Fields and thermospheric Winds from MAVEN Observations

M. O. Fillingim, A. Fogle, P. Dunn, J. P. McFadden, J. E. P. Connerney, P. R. Mahaffy, M. Benna, R. E. Ergun, L. Andersson

Poster in this session: A Persistent Meteoric Metal Layer in Mars’ Atmosphere

M. M. J. Crismani, N. M. Schneider, J. M. C. Plane, J. S. Evans, S. K. Jain, J. D. Carrillo-Sanchez, M. H. Stevens, J. I. Deighan, M. S. Chaffin, R. V. Yelle, A. I. F. Stewart, W. McClintock, J. Clarke, A. Stiepen, G. M. Holsclaw, F. Montmessin, & B. M. Jakosky.

Abstract only: Composition, vertical Structure, and Variability of the Nightside Ionosphere of Mars.

Z. Girazian, P. Mahaffy, M. Benna, M. Elrod, R. Lillis

19:00 End of session

Conference Dinner at "Carmen de los Mártires", close to the Alhambra.

Bus leaves from the Hotel Granada Center at 20:15

You can directly walk to the place, to be there at 20:45

Friday, January 20, 2017

Friday, 10:00- 11:40

Chair: Séverine Robert

HIGH-ALTITUDE CLOUDS ON MARS

• Characterization of High Altitude Clouds at the Martian Limb and Terminator Using MAVEN IUVS Observations

J. Deighan, M. H. Stevens, N. M. Schneider, S. K. Jain, F. Lefèvre, M. Wolff, F. Montmessin, A. Stiepen, J. S. Evans, M. S. Chaffin, M. Crismani, R. V. Yelle, D. Y. Lo, A. I. F. Stewart, W. E. McClintock, J. T. Clarke, G. M. Holsclaw, B. M. Jakosky.

• Gravity Wave-induced High Altitude Ice Clouds on Mars

E. Yigit, A. S. Medvedev, P. Hartogh, T. Kuroda, D. E. Siskind

• Micrometeoric Ablation Biproducts as a High Altitude Source for Ice Nuclei in the Present Day Martian Atmosphere

V. L. Hartwick, O. B. Toon

Poster in this session: Mapping the Mesospheric CO2 Clouds on Mars

A. Leboucher, A. Määttänen, J. Audouard, B. Gondet, F. Montmessin

Poster in this session: Mars CO₂ Ice Clouds Properties from OMEGA/MEx Observations Coupled to Radiative Transfer Modeling

C. Pilorget, A. De La Gorce, M. Vincendon, B. Gondet, J.-P. Bibring

Poster in this session: A Complete CO₂ Ice Clouds Model for GCMs and Mesoscale Models

J. Audouard, A. Määttänen, C. Listowski, F. Forget, A. Spiga and E. Millour.

PHOTOCHEMISTRY

• Mars Ozone mapping with MAVEN IUVS

F. Lefèvre, F. Montmessin, N. M. Schneider, J. Deighan, S. K. Jain, A. I. F. Stewart, M. S. Chaffin, M. Crismani, W. E. McClintock, G. M. Holsclaw, B. M. Jakosky, A. Stiepen, D. Y. Lo, R. Yelle, J. T. Clarke

• On the Link between Martian Total Ozone and Potential Vorticity

J. A. Holmes, S. R. Lewis, M. R. Patel

• Hydrogen Peroxide on Mars during Northern Summer: Observations and Models

T. Encrenaz, T. Fouchet, B. Bézard, T. K. Greathouse,, F. Lefèvre , F. Montmessin, S. K. Atreya

Poster in this session: Vertical Distribution of Ozone at the Terminator on Mars

A. Määttänen, F. Lefevre, S. Guilbon, C. Listowski, F. Montmessin

Poster in this session: Ground-Based High-Resolution Infrared and Submillimeter Searches for the Release of Volcanic Gases on Mars

A. SJ. Khayat, G. L. Villanueva, M. J. Mumma, A. T. Tokunaga

Poster in this session: NASA Ames Mars GCM with Photochemisty: Modeling O₂ IR Nightglow Emission

A. S. Brecht, M. Kahre

Poster in this session: Improved GEM-Mars GCM with Atmospheric Chemistry

F. Daerden, L. Neary, R. T. Clancy, M. D. Smith.

Poster in this session: Transient Layers of Atmospheric Methane on Mars after Surface Release: a Model Study

S. Viscardy, F. Daerden, L. Neary

Poster in this sesssion: CH₄-rich Clathrate Hydrate Stability Zone in the present Martian Subsurface

E. Gloesener, O. Karatekin, V. Dehant,

Poster in this session: Gas Transport in Martian Regolith by Thermal Creep

A. Kraemer, T. Steinpilz, M. Koester, J. Teiser, G. Wurm

11:40 - 12:10: Coffee break

Friday, 12:10 - 13:40

Chair: Laura Kerber

EARLY MARS & PALEO-CLIMATES

• Mars Climate History: A Geological Perspective

J. W. Head

• The Ice-Covered Lakes Hypothesis in Gale Crater: Implications for the Early Hesperian Climate

A. M. Kling, R. M. Haberle, C. P. McKay, T. F. Bristow, F. Rivera-Hernandez,

• Reducing Greenhouse Solutions on Early Mars

R. Wordsworth, Y. Kalugina, S. Lokshtanov, B. Ehlmann, J. Head, C. Sanders, H.Wang

• Catastrophic events: possible solutions to the Early Mars enigma

M. Turbet, F. Forget, V. Svetsov, O. Popova, C. Gillmann, O. Karatekin, Q. Wallemacq, J.W. Head, R. Wordsworth

• Impact Cratering as the Cause of Climate Change, Atmospheric Alteration, and Late Noachian Valley Network Formation on Mars: an Assessment

A. M. Palumbo, J. W. Head

13:40 - 15:30: Lunch break

Friday, 15:30 - 16:50

Chair: Colin Wilson

• Progress in Climate/Groundwater Modeling of Ancient Mars

A. Soto, J. C. Andrews-Hanna, D. G. Horvath

• Photochemical Escape of the Martian Atmosphere, Today and through Time

R. J. Lillis, J. Deighan, J. L. Fox, S.W. Bougher, Y. Lee, M. Combi, F. Leblanc, T. E. Cravens, A. Rahmati, B. M. Jakosky.

Poster in this session. Late Noachian Icy Highlands Climate Model: Exploring the Possibility of Transient Melting and Fluvial/Lacustrine Activity through Peak Temperatures

A. M. Palumbo, J. W. Head, R. D. Wordsworth

Poster in this session: Exploring Post-Impact Climate Conditions for Early Mars with the Ames GCM

K. E. Steakley, J. R. Murphy, M. Kahre, R. Haberle.

Poster in this session: Formation of the Martian Polar Layered Deposits: Quantifying Polar Water Ice and Dust Deposition in Present and Past Orbital Epochs with the NASA Ames Mars General Circulation Model

J. A. Emmett and J. R. Murphy .

FUTURE OBSERVATIONS

• The NOMAD Spectrometer Suite on the ExoMars 2016 Orbiter: Current Status (Invited paper)

I. R. Thomas, A. C. Vandaele, E. Neefs, B. Ristic, L. Hetey, A. Mahieux, S. Robert, F. Daerden, C. Depiesse, J. P. Mason, M. R. Patel, J. J. Lopez Moreno, G. Bellucci, and the NOMAD team

• Science Investigation of the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite on Exomars TGO (Invited paper)

O. Korablev, N.I. Ignatiev, A.A. Fedorova, A.Yu.Trokhimovskiy, A.V. Grigoriev, A.V. Shakun, F. Montmessin, F.Lefevre, F. Forget.

• The Micro-ARES experiment as part of the DREAMS meteorological suite onboard Schiaparelli: a promise and a demise

F. Montmessin, G. Déprez, O. Witasse, R. Trautner, F. Vivat, R. Hassen-Kodja, P. Granier, L. Lapauw, J.-J. Berthelier, F. Esposito, S. Debei, A. Aboudan, C. Bettanini

16:50 - 17:20 : Tea break

Friday, 17:20 - 18:45

Chair: Manish Patel

• Atmospheric sciences on INSIGHT 2018 (invited paper)

D. Banfield, A. Spiga et al.

• Wind Noise and Sound Propagation Experiments in the Aarhus Mars Atmosphere Simulation Chamber

R. D. Lorenz, J. Merrison, J. J. Iversen

• Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) Overview (invited paper)

O. Sharaf, S. Amiri, S. AlMheiri, M. Wali, Z. AlShamsi, A. AlRais, I. AlQasim, K. AlHarmoodi, N. AlTeneiji, H. Almatroushi, Me. AlShamsi, Ma. AlShamsi, E. AlTeneiji, A. AlJanaahi, M. McGrath, P. Withnell, N. Ferrington, H. Reed, B. Landin, D. Brain, J. Deighan, M. Chaffin, G. Holsclaw, G. Drake,. C. Edwards, , M. Wolff, R. Lillis,.M. Smith, F. Forget.

• Mars Atmospheric Measurements planned at Exomars 2020 Surface Platform (invited paper)

D. Rodionov, O. Korablev, L.M. Zelenyi, J. Vago

• Atmospheric Science with the Mars 2020 Rover (invited paper)

J.A. Rodriguez-Manfredi, F. Gomez-Gomez, J. Gomez-Elvira, S. Navarro, O. Prieto-Ballesteros, E. Sebastian, M. de la Torre, J.T. Schofield, L.K. Tamppari, N.T. Bridges, P. G. Conrad, M. Smith, M. Genzer, A-M. Harri, M. Lemmon, G. Martinez, C. Newman, M. Ramos, A. Saiz-Lopez, and the MEDA team.

Poster in this session. Retrieval of gas and aerosols vertical profiles by means of limb observations considering multiple scattering of the PFS/MEx and NOMAD/ExoMars instruments

A. Mahieux, G. Bellucci, S. Aoki, P. Wolkenberg, H. Iwabuchi, Y. Kasaba, H. Nakagawa, M. Giuranna, A.C. Vandaele

Poster in this session: Preparing for the Retrievals of Temperature vertical Profiles from ExoMars TGO/ACS spectra

S. Guerlet, T. Fouchet, T.,F. Forget, N., Ignatiev, O. Korablev

Poster in this session: Synergistic Atmospheric Retrievals: Martian CO as a Test-Case

S. Robert, F. Montmessin, S. Ferron, F. Altieri, G. Bellucci, A. Geminale, M. Giuranna, G. Sindoni, S. Aoki, A. Piccialli, A. C. Vandaele

Poster in this session: Scientific Payload of the Emirates Mars Mission : Emirates Exploration Imager (EXI)

M. AlShamsi, M. Wolff, M. Khoory, A. Jones, G. Drake, and the EXI Team.

Poster in this session: Scientific Payload of the Emirates Mars Mission: Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer (EMIRS) Overview

E. Altunaiji, C. S. Edwards, M. D. Smith, P. R. Christensen, and the EMIRS Team

Poster in this session: Scientific Payload of the Emirates Mars Mission: Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS) Overview

H. Almatroushi, F. Lootah, G. Holsclaw, J. Deighan, M. Chaffin and the EMUS Team, R. Lillis, M. Fillingim, S. England,

Poster in this session: Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer’s (EMUS) Prediction of Martian EUV Disk Emissions

F. Lootah, J. Deighan, M. Fillingim

Poster in this session: An average empirical FUV Model of Airglow for Oxygen OI 135.6 nm Emission Line in the Martian Atmosphere for Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer Instrument Simulator

H. Almatroushi, J. Deighan, M. Fillingim, S. Jain and N. Schneider.

Poster in this session: Observing  Atmospheric Angular momentum variations with LaRa (Lander Radioscience) onboard the 2020 ExoMars surface platform

O. Karatekin, V. Dehant and S. LeMaistre

Poster in this session. Meteorological Predictions for Mars2020 Exploration Rover High-Priority Landing Sites

J. Pla-García, S. C. R. Rafkin, A. G. Fairen

Poster in this session. A Submillimeter Sounder For Measuring Martian Winds Water Vapor and Temperature

L. K. Tamppari, N. J. Livesey, W. G. Read, G. Chattopadhyay, R. T. Clancy, F. Forget, P. Hartogh

19:00 End of meeting

20:00: Optional visit of the Alhambra