A summit of Venusians
June 20th, 2014
This week has seen a large number of Venus scientists descending upon the International Space Science Institute of Bern, Switzerland.
Three international teams of scientists are supported by ISSI to investigate aspects of Venus:
One team, led by Sanjay Limaye and Ludmila Zasova, focuses on the temperature structure of the Venus atmosphere; a second, led by Colin Wilson and Emmanuel Marcq, focuses on clouds and hazes; finally, a third team led by Ann Carine Vandaele, is studying the sulphur chemistry of Venus’s mesosphere.
A central goal of the meetings is to compare and contrast observations provided by different Venus Express instruments, and observations from Earth-based telescopes. This work help to gain a wider understanding than can be achieved by considering any one of these datasets in isolation.
A central goal of the teams’ activity is to reach a scientific consensus to enable the definition of a new Venus International Reference Atmosphere, updating its predecessor which dates back to 1985.
The work of these teams at ISSI is highly complementary to the EuroVenus project; the ISSI teams provide a forum for EuroVenus-funded scientists to work with each other as well as with their counterparts from across the globe, to further understanding of Venus.
More info:
* ISSI Venus clouds team: www.issibern.ch
* ISSI Venus SO2 team: www.issibern.ch
* ISSI Venus structure team: www.issibern.ch
Three international teams of scientists are supported by ISSI to investigate aspects of Venus:
One team, led by Sanjay Limaye and Ludmila Zasova, focuses on the temperature structure of the Venus atmosphere; a second, led by Colin Wilson and Emmanuel Marcq, focuses on clouds and hazes; finally, a third team led by Ann Carine Vandaele, is studying the sulphur chemistry of Venus’s mesosphere.
A central goal of the meetings is to compare and contrast observations provided by different Venus Express instruments, and observations from Earth-based telescopes. This work help to gain a wider understanding than can be achieved by considering any one of these datasets in isolation.
A central goal of the teams’ activity is to reach a scientific consensus to enable the definition of a new Venus International Reference Atmosphere, updating its predecessor which dates back to 1985.
The work of these teams at ISSI is highly complementary to the EuroVenus project; the ISSI teams provide a forum for EuroVenus-funded scientists to work with each other as well as with their counterparts from across the globe, to further understanding of Venus.
More info:
* ISSI Venus clouds team: www.issibern.ch
* ISSI Venus SO2 team: www.issibern.ch
* ISSI Venus structure team: www.issibern.ch