Fourth international workshop on the Mars atmosphere: Modelling and observations

Paris, February 8-11 2011

Program & list of abstracts

Oral presentation are 15 minutes long (12’+ 3’ questions) except specified otherwise.

 

Posters: The recommended poster size is about 90 cm wide x 100-120 cm high (i.e. A0 format).

 

Link to the abstracts sorted by first author names

 

Monday, February 7, 2011

 

Monday, 17:30- 19:30: Welcome reception at the top of the Zamansky tower on the Pierre and Marie Curie University - Jussieu campus, Place Jussieu, Paris.

 

 

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

 

Institut Océanographique de Paris (195, rue Saint-Jacques).

 

Tuesday, 9:00 – 10:30

 

MARS CLIMATOLOGY: NEW OBSERVATIONS AND DATA ASSIMILATION

 

The Mars Climate Sounder:

 

The Martian Lower and Middle atmosphere as Observed by the Mars Climate Sounder.

D.J. McCleese, J.T. Schofield, D.M. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, W.A. Abdou, R.W. Zurek, J.H. Shirley, S.B. Calcutt, P.G. J. Irwin, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, N. Teanby, N.G. Heavens, M.I. Richardson, J.L. Bandfield, S.R. Lewis and D.A. Paige

 

Observations of the Martian Climatology

D. M. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, D. J. McCleese, J. T. Schofield and M. D. Smith

 

MCS Measurements of Temperature and Aerosols at Multiple Local Times in the Martian Atmosphere

A. Kleinböhl, D. M. Kass, J. T. Schofield, D. J. McCleese

 

A Five Mars Year Climatology from Data assimilation Using MGS/TES and MRO/MCS Observations

L. Montabone, P. L. Read, S.R. Lewis, M. D. Smith, A. Kleinböhl, D. Kass, T. Schofield and D. J. McCleese,

 

Martian atmosphere data assimilation of TES and MCS retrievals

S. J. Greybush, E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, K. Ide, M. J. Hoffman, J. Eluszkiewicz, R. Hoffman and R. J. Wilson

 

Poster: A Comparison of the U.K. and LETKF TES Analyses

S. J. Greybush, E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, K. Ide, M. J. Hoffman, J. Eluszkiewicz, R. Hoffman and R. J. Wilson

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

10:30 – 11:00 : Coffee break

 

Tuesday, 11:00 – 12:30

 

MARS CLIMATOLOGY: NEW OBSERVATIONS AND DATA ASSIMILATION (CONTINUED)

 

Evaluation of an Optimal Spectral Sampling Retrieval Algorithm For Thermal Emission Spectrometer Radiances

M. J. Hoffman, J. Eluszkiewicz, R. Hoffman, S. J. Greybush, E. Kalnay and R. J. Wilson

 

Observations of Mars with Herschel: First Results

P. Hartogh, C. Jarchow, M. de Val-Borro, A. Medvedev, M. Rengel, B.M Swinyard, S. Sidher, E. Lellouch, R. Moreno, M. Blecka, G. Portyankina and H. Sagawa

 

Mars Mesospheric Winds Around Northern Spring Equinox - Comparison of Observations and Model

G. Sonnabend, D. Stupar, P. Kroetz, M. Sornig, L.Montabone and M. LopezValverde

 

Poster: Mars Mesospheric Winds: Strategy for Accurate Comparisons between Ground Based Observations and GCM Models

M. A. Lopez-Valverde, L. Montabone, G. Sonnabend and M. Sornig

 

Poster: Comparison of MGS Radio Science Mean Temperature Profiles with Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) Results

J. H. Shirley, J. T. Schofield, A. Kleinböhl, D. Kass, D. J. McCleese, J. Benson, and P. Wolkenberg

 

Poster: A Mars-Orbiting 2-micron LIDAR System to Monitor the Density, Winds and Dust of the Atmosphere of Mars

U. N. Singh, G. D. Emmitt, J.  S. Levine, W.C. Engelund, J. Yu, G. J. Koch and M. J. Kavaya

 

MODELLING THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AT VARIOUS SCALES

 

Recent upgrades, current capabilities and Near-Term plans of the Nasa ARC Mars Climate Modeling Group

J.L. Hollingsworth, R.M. Haberle, M.A. Kahre and J. Schaeffer

 

Back to The Basics: Improving the Prediction of Temperature, Pressure and Winds in the LMD General

Circulation Model

F. Forget,  E. Millour, J-B. Madeleine, A. Spiga, A. Colaitis , F. Gonzalez-Galindo, L. Montabone, F. Hourdin, F. Lefevre, F. Montmessin, S. R. Lewis, P.-L. Read   M.-A.  Lopez-Valverde. 

 

Poster: Modelling the Martian atmosphere using the GEM-Mars GCM

L. Neary and F. Daerden

 

Poster: Radiatively-Active Aerosols within Mars' atmosphere: Implications on the Weather and Climate as Simulated by the NASA ARC Mars GCM

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

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

12:30 – 14:00  : Lunch break

 

Tuesday, 14:00 – 15:45

 

MODELLING THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AT VARIOUS SCALES (CONTINUED) 

 

High Resolution General Circulation Model Experiments of the Martian atmosphere: Resolution Dependence of Disturbance and Surface Stress

Y. O. Takahashi, Y.Y. Hayashi, M. Odaka and W. Ohfuchi

 

Martian Meso/Micro-Scale Winds & Surface Energy Budget.
A. Spiga, F. Forget, J.B. Madeleine, L. Montabone, E. Millour, S. R. Lewis, D. P. Hinson

 

Variations in Martian Convective Boundary Layer Depth: Observations and Modelling Studies

S. R. Lewis, D. P. Hinson and A. Spiga

 

Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget on Mars. Derivation from Ground-Based Data

G. M. Martinez, L. Vazquez and F. Valero

 

Poster: The Effect of Dust on the Martian Hadley Cells in the Presence of Topography at Equinox

A. M. Zalucha

 

Poster: Dust-Related interannual and intraseasonal Variability of Martian Climate Using Data assimilation

T. Ruan, L. Montabone, D. P. Mulholland, P. L. Read and S. R. Lewis

 

Poster: Development of an Atmospheric General Circulation Model and Sequential Experiments from an Earth-Like Planet to a Mars-Like Planet

Y. O. Takahashi, Y.Y. Hayashi, M. Ishiwatari, M. Odaka, K. Nakajima and Y. Morikawa

 

DUST, STORMS, AND WAVES

 

Monitoring Dust Opacities:

 

Short contribution (10’): Reconciling Dust Opacity Datasets and Building Multi-Annual Dust Scenarios For Mars Atmospheric Models

L. Montabone, M. T. Lemmon, M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff, F. Forget and E. Millour

 

Monitoring atmospheric Dust Opacity at High Latitudes on Mars by Imaging Spectroscopy

S. Douté, X. Ceamanos, M. Vincendon, Y. Langevin and the OMEGA Team

 

Poster: Optical Depth of the Martian atmosphere and Surface Albedo from High Resolution Orbiter Images

E. V. Petrova, N. M. Hoekzema, W. J. Markiewicz and N. Thomas

 

Poster: The Scale-Height of Optical Depth in Valles Marineris as derived from Shadows in HRSC Images

N. M. Hoekzema, O. J. Stenzel, W. J. Markiewicz, E. V. Petrova and K. Gwinner

 

Poster: The Derivation of Atmospheric Opacity from Surface Temperature Observations.

R. J. Wilson , J. Noble, S. J. Greybush

 

Poster: The Optical Depth Sensor (ODS) For Mars and Earth Environments

P. Rannou, M. Perreux, J.-P. Pommereau and J.-L. Maria

 

Poster: Effects of Aerosols on the Observed Irradiance from the Ultraviolet To Near-infrared at the Surface of Mars

J. P. Mason , M. R. Patel and S.R Lewis

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 20’

 

15:45 – 16:15 : Tea break

 

Tuesday, 16:15 – 18:00

 

DUST, STORMS, AND WAVES (CONTINUED)

 

Baroclinic waves and dust storms:

 

Comparison of TES FFSM Eddies and MOC Storms, MY24-26

J. Noble, R. J. Wilson, R. M. Haberle, J. L. Hollingsworth, M. A. Kahre, J. R. Barnes, A. F. C. Bridger and B. A. Cantor

 

Baroclinic wave Transitions, Autumn Weather Patterns, and Dust Storms in the NorthernHemisphere of Mars

D. Hinson, H. Wang and M. Smith

 

Midwinter Suppression of Baroclinic Storm Activity on Mars: Observations and Models

P. L. Read, L. Montabone, D. P. Mulholland, S. R. Lewis, B. Cantor and R. J. Wilson

 

Planetary Wave Breaking and the "Surf Zone" in the Vicinity of the Martian Polar Vortex

T. H. McConnochie

 

Poster: Planetary Waves in the Martian atmosphere Observed with PFS/MEX Data

G. Sindoni, M. Giuranna, A. Geminale and D. Grassi

 

Modelling the dust cycle:

 

Spatially and Temporally Varying Dust Lifting Thresholds in a Martian GCM

D. P. Mulholland, P. L. Read, S. R. Lewis and F. Forget

 

Coupling Mars' Dust and Water Cycles: Effects on Dust Lifting Vigor, Spatial Extent and Seasonality

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

 

Short contribution (10’): Dust Cycle Modeling with the GFDL Mars General Circulation Model.

R.J. Wilson

 

Poster: A Complete Aerodynamic Roughness Map Derived from Rock Abundance Data: Extrapolation to High Latitudes

C., E Listowski,. Hébrard, A. Määttanen, F. Montmessin and  F. Forget

 

18:00 End of session

 

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

 

Institut Curie, 12 rue Lhomond.

 

Wednesday, 9:00 – 10:30

 

DUST, STORMS, AND WAVES (CONTINUED)

 

Modelling the dust cycle (continued):

 

Regionality of Dust Storm Expansion on Mars

K. Ogohara and T. Satomura

 

Combined oral presentation (20’):  S. C. R. Rafkin

-         Wind Enhanced interaction of Radiation and Dust (Weird): Application Under a Realistic Scenario.   S. C. R. Rafkin, A. Rothchild and R. A. Pielke

-         Non-Local, Deep Transport in the atmosphere of Mars. S. C. R. Rafkin

 

MARS VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF AEROSOLS AND VAPOR REVEALED

 

Observations of Mars atmospheric Dust and Clouds with the Lidar Instrument on the Phoenix Mission

J. Whiteway, L. Komguem and C. Dickinson

 

Simulating Mars Boundary Layer Clouds and Precipitation Observed by the Lidar on Phoenix

F. Daerden and J. A. Whiteway

 

Limb Observations of the Martian atmosphere with Mars Express' High Resolution Stereo Camera

O. J. Stenzel, H. U. Keller, N. M. Hoekzema, W. J. Markiewicz and H. Hoffmann

 

Discussion: 10’

 

10:30 – 11:00 : Break

 

Wednesday, 11:00 – 12:30

 

MARS VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF AEROSOLS AND VAPOR REVEALED (CONTINUED)

 

Mars Climate Sounder Observations of Ice and Dust Layering in the Martian atmosphere

J. L. Benson, D. M. Kass and the MCS Team

 

Diversity of atmospheric components, detected by OMEGA/MEx limb observations

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

 

Vertical Distribution of Aerosols and Water Vapor Using CRISM Limb Observations

M.D. Smith, M. J. Wolff and R. Todd Clancy

 

Solar Occultation with SPICAM/UV onboard Mars Express: Retrieving Aerosol and Ozone Profiles

C. Listowski , A. Määttänen, F. Montmessin, F. Lefèvre and J.-L. Bertaux

 

Observations of Water Vapor Vertical Distribution by SPICAM/MEX and their Implications

L. Maltagliati, A. Fedorova, F. Montmessin, J.-L. Bertaux, O. Korablev, A. Reberac

 

Poster: Development of Limb Radiative Transfer Models For Mars Remote Sensing and Data assimilation

J. Eluszkiewicz, G. Uymin, D. E. Flittner, J.-L. Moncet, E. Mlawer and M. J. Wolff

 

Poster: The Vertical Distribution of Dust in the Martian atmosphere as Observed by the Mars Climate Sounder

N.G. Heavens, M.I. Richardson, A. Kleinböhl, D.M. Kass, D.J. McCleese, W. Abdou, J.L. Benson, J.T. Schofield, J.H. Shirley, and P.M. Wolkenberg

 

Poster: Spatial, Seasonal and Vertical Distribution of Water Ice Cloud Particle Size infered from OMEGA Limb Data

M. Vincendon, B. Gondet, C. Pilorget and Y. Langevin

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

12:30 – 14:30  : Lunch break

 

Wednesday, 14:30 – 16:45

 

MORE ON WATER ICE CLOUDS

 

Mapping Water Ice Clouds (and Ozone) with MRO/MARCI

M. J. Wolff, R. T. Clancy, B. Cantor and J-B. Madeleine

 

Comprehensive Size-Resolving Model of Water Ice Cloud in the Martian atmosphere

A.V. Burlakov and A.V. Rodin

 

Water Ice Clouds and thermal Structure in the Martian Tropics as Revealed by Mars Climate Sounder

R. J. Wilson

 

Radiative Effects of Water Ice Clouds on the Martian Seasonal Water Cycle

R.M. Haberle, F. Montmessin, M. A. Kahre, J.L. Hollingsworth, J. Schaeffer, M. J. Wolff and R. J. Wilson

 

Combined oral presentations (20’):  J-B. Madeleine

-           Aphelion Water-Ice Cloud Mapping and Property Retrieval using the OMEGA/MEX imaging spectrometer J.-B. Madeleine , F. Forget , A. Spiga , M. Wolff , F. Montmessin , M. Vincendon , D. Jouglet , B. Gondet , J.-P. Bibring , Y. Langevin and B. Schmitt

-        Modeling radiatively active water ice clouds: impact on the thermal structure and water cycle. J.-B. Madeleine , F. Forget and E. Millour.

 

Poster: Modelling Radiatively Active Water Ice Clouds in the Martian Water Cycle

L. Steele, S. R. Lewis, M. R. Patel and R. J. Wilson

 

Poster: Modeling the Seasonal Variability of the H2O Vapor and Ice Clouds in the Martian atmosphere

G. Machtoub, A. Medvedev and P. Hartogh

 

Poster: Simulating the Martian Water Vapor Cycle in the Past and Present using the Community Atmosphere Model

R. A. Urata and O. B. Toon

 

Poster: Retrieval of the Vertical Profiles of Water Vapour in the Martian atmosphere Using PACS onboard Herschel

G. Portyankina, P. Hartogh, H. Sagawa, and N. Thomas

 

Poster: Control of the water cycle by the regolith at the Phoenix Landing Site
J. Hanley, V. Chevrier, E. Rivera-Valentin

 

ISOTOPES AND RADIOACTIVITY

 

Mapping of [H2O], [HDO], and [HDO]/[H2O] on Mars Using Ground Based High-Resolution Spectroscopy

R.E. Novak, M. J. Mumma and G. L. Villanueva

 

Retrieval of Radon Column Densities and Uranium Concentrations from an Analysis of Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectra

P-Y. Meslin, W.V. Boynton, D. Hamara, O. Gasnault, A.E. Metzger, J.-C. Sabroux, F. Forget and the GRS team

 

 

DATABASE AND ATMOSPHERIC STUDIES FOR MISSION DESIGN

 

Poster: Mars-Gram 2010: Improving the precison of Mars-Gram

H. L. Justh, C. G. Justus and H. S. Ramey

 

Poster: An improved Mars Climate database

E. Millour, F. Forget, A. Spiga, S.R. Lewis, L. Montabone, P.L. Read, , M.A. López-Valverde, F. González-Galindo, F. Lefèvre,  F. Montmessin, M.-C. Desjean, , J.-P. Huot

 

Poster: Comparisons of Mars Climate Database: 4.3.1. and MarsGram2005 atmosphere Models on Exomars Landing Site

D. Carbonne, L. Lorenzoni, J.P. Huot, M.C. Desjean, F. Forget and S. Portigliotti

 

Poster: Characterizing the Martian atmosphere for the Exomars 2016 Lander

F. Forget, A. Spiga, L. Montabone, E. Millour, A. Colaitis, Vincent Bourrier and S. Portigliotti,

 

Poster: Surface Meteorology at the Proposed MSL Landing Sites

S. C. R. Rafkin and A. Rothchild

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 25’

 

Wednesday, 16:45: end of oral session

 

Wednesday, 17:00-20:00: POSTERS SESSION At Institut Océanographique de Paris

 

Good food and drinks…

 

Institut Oceanographique, 195, rue Saint-Jacques, 200 m from Institut Curie.

 

 


 

Thursday, February 10, 2011

 

Institut Océanographique de Paris, 195, rue Saint-Jacques.

 

Thursday, 9:00 – 10:30

 

POLAR CAPS AND FROSTS

 

Volumes of the Seasonal Polar Caps of Mars and Implications for Density

D. E. Smith and M. T. Zuber

 

Peculiar Phenomena of Sublimating Seasonal Deposits During Northern Spring on Mars

T. Appéré, B. Schmitt, Y. Langevin, A. Spiga, S. Douté1, A. Pommerol, F. Forget, B. Gondet and J.-P. Bibring

 

Observations of Surface Ices and Seasonal Frosts with the L and V Channels of OMEGA / MEX

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

 

Dark Spots and Cold Jets in Polar Regions: New Clues from Models

C. Pilorget, F. Forget, E. Millour, M. Vincendon and J.-B. Madeleine

 

Effects of atmospheric Dust on Residual South Polar Cap

P.B. James and P.C. Thomas

 

Poster: Martian CO2 Cycle from Time-Variable Gravity and LOD Observation

O. Karatekin, A. Konopliv and C. Yoder

 

Poster: Spectral Analyses and Grain Size Determination in Mare Boreum Ice Caps from CRISM

R. Aishwarya

 

Poster: Water and CO2 Ice in the Dark Dune Spots, Richardson Crater

F. Schmidt, A. Kereszturi, and M. Vincendon

 

Poster: Project of an Environmental Cell for the Condensation and Metamorphism of CO2 ice

F. Grisolle, B. Schmitt, P. Beck, O. Brissaud, S. Douté and F. Forget

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

10:30 – 11:00 : Coffee break

 

Thursday, 11:00 – 12:30

 

PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND TRACE SPECIES

 

Sulfur in the Martian atmosphere:

 

A Search for SO2 on Mars from Infrared Spectroscopy

T. Encrenaz, T. K. Greathouse, M. J. Richter, B. Bézard, T. Fouchet.

 

Looking For SO2: A Spectroscopic Study of Martian UV Albedo using SPICAM

E. Marcq, F. Montmessin, F. Lefèvre and A. Reberac

 

Sulfur Chemistry in the Early and Present atmosphere of Mars

J.S. Levine and M.E. Summers

 

Methane in the Martian atmosphere:

 

Methane on Mars: Measurements and Possible Origins.

Michael J. Mumma, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Robert E. Novak, Yana L. Radeva, H. Ulrich Kaufl, Alan Tokunaga, therese Encrenaz and Paul Hartogh

 

Chemistry of Methane and Related Hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of Mars

F. Lefèvre, E. Hébrard et F. Forget

 

Poster: Mapping the Methane on Mars: Seasonal Comparison

M. R. Chizek, J. R. Murphy, S. Fonti, G. A. Marzo, M. A. Kahre, T. L. Roush

 

Poster: High Resolution Ground-Based Observations of Methane in the Martian atmosphere at 7.8 microns wavelength

D. Stupar, G. Sonnabend, T. Stangier and M. Sornig

 

Poster: A Miniaturized Gas Correlation Radiometer for Mapping Multiple Trace Gases in the Martian atmosphere

E. L. Wilson, E. M. Georgieva, M. Neveu and H. Jean

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

12:30 – 14:00  : Lunch break

 

Thursday 14:00-15:30

 

PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND TRACE SPECIES (CONTINUED)

 

O3 and O2 in the Martian atmosphere:

 

First Detection of O2 Recombination Nightglow Emission at 1.27 µm in the Atmosphere of Mars With OMEGA/MEX and Comparison with Model

J.L. Bertaux, B. Gondet, J.P. Bibring, F. Montmessin and F. Lefèvre

 

MRO CRISM and MARCI Observations of Mars Ozone

R. T. Clancy, M. Wolff, M. Smith, B. Cantor and F. Lefèvre

 

The O2 Dayglow Observations with the SPICAM IR Experiment on Mars-Express

S. A. Guslyakova, A. A. Fedorova, O. I. Korablev, J.-L. Bertaux, F. Montmessin and F.Lefevre

 

Study of the Oxygen Dayglow in the Martian atmosphere with Nadir Data of PFS-MEX

A. Geminale, V. Formisano, A. García Muñoz, G. Sindoni, M. Giuranna and D. Grassi

 

Transport-Driven Formation of an Ozone Layer at the Mars Winter Poles

F. Montmessin, F. Lefèvre, J.-L Bertaux and B. Gondet

 

Poster: Simulations of the O2 IR atmospheric Emissions in the Martian atmosphere

M.E.Gagné, K. Strong and S. M. L. Melo

 

Poster: An investigation of Martian atmospheric Trace Species using Laboratory and Computer-Based Simulation

M. K. D. Duffy, S. R. Lewis and N. J. Mason

 

Abstract only: An Extended View of Ozone on Mars

K. E. Fast, T. Kostiuk, F. Lefèvre, T. Hewagama and T. A. Livengood

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

15:30 – 16:00: Tea Break

 

Thursday 16:00-18:00

 

UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND  IONOSPHERE

 

Revisiting the Radiative Balance of the Mesosphere of Mars.

M. A. Lopez-Valverde, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, M. Lopez-Puertas

 

Observations of thermal Tides in the middle atmosphere of Mars by the SPICAM instrument

P. withers, R. D. Pratt, J.L. Bertaux, F. Montmessin, J. F. Forbes and Y. Moudden

 

Polar Warming in the Martian Atmosphere: An Analysis of Data from Modern Spacecraft

T. McDunn, S. Bougher, A. Kleinböhl and F. Forget

 

Coupling of Mars Lower and Upper atmosphere Revisited: Impacts of Gravity Wave Momentum Deposition on Upper atmosphere Structure

S. W. Bougher and T. McDunn, J. Murphy and M. Chizek and A. Kleinböhl

 

Effects of Gravity Wave Drag in the Martian atmosphere: Simulations with A GCM

A. S. Medvedev, E. Yigit and P. Hartogh

 

Study of the Martian Ionosphere with A General Circulation Model

F. GonzalezGalindo, M.A. L´opezValverde, G. Gilli and F. Forget

 

Thermospheric and Exospheric Studies of the Martian Hydrogen Lyman-Alpha Emission

J-Y. Chaufray, F. Forget, J. T. Clarke, K. D. Retherford, D. G. Horvath, M. S. Chaffin, N. Schneider, J-L. Bertaux, E. Quémerais and F. Leblanc

 

Poster: Development and Validation of the Ground-To-Exosphere Mars GITM Code: Solar Cycle and Seasonal Variations of the Upper atmosphere

S. W. Bougher, A. Ridley, D. Pawlowski, J. M. Bell and S. Nelli

 

Poster: Modeling Polar Warming at Mars: Preliminary Results of the Newly Vertically Extended Mars-WRF GCM and Comparisons with Constraints from Data

T. McDunn, S. Bougher, M. Mischna, J. Murphy and S. Nelli

 

Poster: Modeling Ionization, Electron-Ion Recombination, and Vertical Diffusion in An Isothermal Martian Ionosphere

D. L. Huestis

 

Poster: 3d GCM-Ionosphere Model To Describe the Martian Ionospheric Dynamics

J-Y. Chaufray, F. Forget, F. Gonzales-Galindo, M.A. Lopez-Valderde, F. Leblanc, P-L. Blelly and O. Witasse

 

Poster: Aurora on Mars

O. Witasse, R. Ligi, , P.-L. Blell and , F. Montmessin

 

Poster: HST Observations of the Martian Hydrogen Corona

J.T. Clarke, J.-Y. Chaufray, J.-L. Bertaux, G.R. Gladstone, E. Quemerais and J.K. Wilson

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

Thursday, 18:00: end of session

 

Thursday, 19:30 : Dinner cruise on the Seine River          (included in the registration fee).

 

The boat leaves at 20:30


 

Friday, February 11, 2011

 

Institut Océanographique de Paris, 195, rue Saint-Jacques.

 

Friday, 9:00 – 10:45

 

CO2 ICE CLOUDS

 

Three Martian Years of Observations of Mesospheric CO2 Clouds on Mars with OMEGA/MEX and HRSC/MEX

A. Määttänen, F. Montmessin, B. Gondet, H. Hoffmann, F. Scholten, E. Hauber, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, A. Spiga, F. Forget, J.-P. Bibring, G. Neukum and J.-L. Bertaux

 

Distribution and Properties of Carbon Dioxide Clouds Derived from CRISM Data

M. Vincendon, C. Pilorget, B. Gondet, J.-P. Bibring and S. Murchie

 

Short contribution (10’):  MCS Climatology of Detached, Localized Haze Layers

D. M. Kass, W. A. Abdou, D. J. McCleese, J. T. Schofield and A. Määttänen

 

Short contribution (10’): Existence of Supercold atmospheric Layers in the Martian Mesosphere

F. Montmessin, F. Forget, J.-L. Bertaux, A. Spiga and A. Maattanen

 

Short contribution (10’): Temperatures and Winds in the Martian Mesosphere from CO2 Clouds Observations and GCM Simulations

F. GonzalezGalindo, A. Määttänen, A. Spiga and F. Forget

 

Short contribution (10’): Martian Mesospheric CO2 Clouds & Gravity Wave Activity.
A. Spiga, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, F. Forget, M.A. LopezValverde

 

Simulation of the Mesospheric CO2 Ice Clouds on Mars Using A General Circulation Model

T. Kuroda

 

Atmospheric Convection with Condensation of the Major Component

T. Yamashita, M. Odaka, K. Sugiyama, K. Nakajima, M. Ishiwatari, Y. O. Takahashi and Y.-Y. Hayashi

 

Poster: Mesospheric CO2 Clouds on Mars: Hypotheses on their Dynamical and Microphysical Origin

A. Määttänen , F. Montmessin, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, A. Spiga and F. Forget

 

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

 

Friday, 11:15 – 12:30

 

PAST CLIMATES

 

Learning from the surface

 

Geologic Evidence for Latitude-Dependent Water-Related Deposits on Mars: Implications for Climate History and the Hydrological Cycle on Mars

J. W. Head.

 

Constraints on Martian Climate History from Icy Impact Craters

N. Schörghofer

 

New Constraints on Mars Paleoclimate from Orbital Radar Studies of Polar and Mid-Latitude Ice Deposits

J.W. Holt, R.J. Phillips, S.R. Christian, B. Davis, I.B. Smith, T.C. Brothers, E. Quartini, K. Tanaka and N. Putzig

 

Implications for Current and Past atmospheric Conditions of Mars from Radar Stratigraphic Studies of Spiral Troughs in the North Polar Layered Deposits

B. Smith and J. W. Holt,

 

Observational Constraints on atmospheric Pressure on Mars in the Amazonian

M. A. Kreslavsky

 

12:30 – 14:00  : Lunch break

 

Friday 14:00-15:45

 

PAST CLIMATES (CONTINUED)

 

Learning from models

 

Modelling past Mars Climates and water cycle with a thicker CO2 atmosphere

R. Wordsworth, F. Forget, E. Millour, J-B.Madeleine, B. Charnay, R.M. Haberle, V. Eymet.

 

Ancient Mars and atmospheric Collapse

A. Soto, M.A. Mischna and M.I. Richardson

 

Explosive Volcanic Eruptions into the Martian atmosphere

L. Kerber, J. W. Head, J.-B. Madeleine, F. Forget, L. Wilson and J.S. Levine

 

Poster: Localized Precipitation, Lake-Effect Storms, and Erosion on Mars.

E. S. Kite, Scot C.R. Rafkin, Timothy I. Michaels and Michael Manga,

 

Poster: Conditions for a Thick Ozone Layer in Mars' Past

J. Deighan and R. E. Johnson

 

Poster: Astrophysics for A warm, wet early Martian Atmosphere

L. M. Riofrio

 

 

FUTURE OBSERVATIONS

 

2011 and 2013:

 

Observations of the Martian atmosphere from Phobos Grunt Mission

O. I. Korablev, A. V. Zakharov, L. M. Zelenyi, A. V. Grigoriev, A. Trokhimovsky and F. Montmessin

 

Rover Environmental Monitoring Station for MSL mission

J. Gomez-Elvira and the REMS team.                 

 

The 2013 Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Mission to Mars

B. M. Jakosky

 

Poster: Radiative Transfer and Error Analysis Methods For the MSL/REMS Ground Temperature Sensor

F. Javier Martín-Torres, Alejandro Soto, Ian McEwan, Mark Richardson, and Javier Gómez-Elvira

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

15:45 – 16:15: Tea Break

 

Friday 16:15-18:00

 

The Exomars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter.

 

The Exomars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter

O. Witasse and M. Allen

 

MATMOS: the Mars atmospheric Trace Molecule Occultation Spectrometer

P.O. Wennberg, V.J. Hipkin, J.R. Drummond, Dalhousie U., G.C. Toon, M. Allen, J.-F. Blavier, L.R. Brown, A. Kleinböhl, J.P.D. Abbatt, B. Sherwood Lollar, K. Strong, K.A. Walker, P.F. Bernath, R.T. Clancy, E.A. Cloutis, D.J. DesMarais, J.M. Eiler, Y.L. Yung, T. Encrenaz and J.C. McConnell

 

Poster: The Mars atmospheric Trace Molecule Occultation Spectrometer: Science Objectives

V. J. Hipkin, P.O. Wennberg, J. R. Drummond, G. Toon, M. Allen, J-F Blavier, L. Brown, A. Kleinbohl, J. Abbatt, B. Sherwood Lollar, K. Strong, K. Walker, P. Bernath, R.T. Clancy, E. Cloutis, D. DesMarais, J. Eiler, Y. Yung, T. Encrenaz and J. McConnell

 

NOMAD, a Spectrometer Suite for Nadir and Solar Occultation Observations on the Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter

A.C. Vandaele, F. Daerden, R. Drummond, E. Neefs, J.-J. López-Moreno, J. Rodriguez Gomez, M. R. Patel, G. Bellucci and the NOMAD team

 

EMCS: the Exomars Climate Sounder (EMCS) Investigation

J. T. Schofield, D. M. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, D. J. McCleese, M. A. Allen, M. C. Foote, M. Jeganathan, F. Forget, A. Spiga, O. Talagrand, F. Lefèvre, A. Määttänen, T. Fouchet, N. Bowles, S. B. Calcutt, P. G. J. Irwin, P. L. Read, S. R. Lewis, J. R. Barnes, S. W. Bougher and R. M. Haberle

 

MAGIE: Eyes in the Sky with the Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter Mars Atmospheric Global Imaging Experiment.

B. A. Cantor, M. J. Wolff, M. A. Ravine , J. F. Bell III, F. Daerden,, A. A. Fedorova,, F. Forget, Y. Langevin,, M. T. Lemmon, F. Montmessin,, H. Wang, , K. S. Edgett , M. Clark, M. A. Caplinger, P. Otjens, J. Schaffner.

 

HISCI  Experiment On Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter

A. McEwen, N. Thomas, W.J. Markiewicz, J. Bridges, S. byrne, G. Cremonese, W. Delamere, C. Hansen, E. Hauber, A. Ivanov, L. Kestay, R. Kirk, N. Mangold, M. Massironi, S. Mattson, C. Okubo and J. Wra

 

Discussion and posters announcements: 15’

 

Friday, 18:00: end of workshop