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2006 Meetings:
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Upcoming meetings with special sessions relevant to comparative aeronomy:
ICS-8, Banff, Canada, March 27-31, 2006 8th International Conference on Substorms Includes: 3) New Frontiers – Other planetary magnetospheres and cross-disciplinary research 3.a- Solar wind – magnetosphere – ionosphere coupling at other planets ICS-8 Call for Papers: The 8th International Conference on Substorms will be held in Banff Canada from Monday March 27 to Friday March 31, 2006. The objective is to explore recent advances in substorm research and to set the stage for future studies. Our focus on new results on fundamental plasma physics, simulation, and innovative and new observations promise an exciting meeting. In ICS8, we will explore substorm phenomena at Earth and other planets. Three "where are we now?" talks by Siscoe, Slavin, and Ohtani will be followed by an exploration of five themes: sequence of events and causality; role of local processes in substorm dynamics; external control of substorm trigger and development; substorm effects on the inner magnetosphere; and ionospheric role in substorm development. The focus will be new insights from fundamental plasma physics, models, simulations, and observations. Following these, new frontiers topics will include substorms at other planets, nonlinear dynamics and complexity applied to magnetospheric dynamics, and new missions. For more details of the meeting themes and invited speakers please see http://ics8.ca/. This is a general call for papers for ICS8. Authors may submit more than one abstract, but due to limited time, presenting authors will be allowed at most one talk. Only abstracts submitted on or before January 25 will be considered for talks. Abstracts submitted after January 25 will be restricted to poster presentations. The form for registering and booking accommodation is now active. Please go to http://ics8.ca/ and then "accommodation" to both register for the meeting and book accommodation. Note that there are space limitations at the Centre so please register and book accommodation as soon as possible. Registration and accommodation booking should be be completed by January 25, 2006. Before January 25, the registration fee is $450 ($300 for students). After January 25, the registration fee will be $525 for non students ($300 for students). Some financial support is available, and will be awarded on the basis of need (please contact Eric Donovan before January 15 at eric at phys.ucalgary.ca). The meeting is being held at the Banff Centre. The accommodations are excellent and the cost includes meals served in the main dining room. We hope that this will create a workshop-like atmosphere for the meeting. We have also planned several social events including a bluegrass band and a special showing of the "Best of the Banff Mountain Film Festival." For more details please see the web-page. Eric Donovan (eric at phys.ucalgary.ca) For the Scientific Program and Local Organizing Committees. EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 2-7, 2006 European Geosciences Union (http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/)
The EGU 2006 general assembly takes place in Vienna, Austria, on 2 to 7 April 2006. The deadline for abstract submission is 13 January, but that for support applications is earlier on 9 December. The schedule of presentations should be available on 17 February. For more details including abstract submission see the meeting web site on http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/. EGU / PS3.03: Outer planets and satellites with an atmosphere This session will include solicited, contributed and poster papers with the focus on ground-based and spacecraft observations as well as modelling studies related to the neutral atmospheres of the outer planetary systems. Special emphasis is placed on the giant planets, Titan and other satellites with atmospheres, as well as Pluto. Presentations of new results from the Cassini-Huygens and Galileo missions, and on comparative planetology are particularly encouraged. Among the topics to be addressed in particular are: - Atmospheres of the giant planets, Pluto, Titan, Triton, Io and Europa as seen from space missions and ground-based observations. - Titan surface and atmosphere-surface interactions, - Laboratory measurements to interpret planetary data. Contributions on concepts of future missions to the outer planet systems are also solicited. This session is co-sponsored by IAMAS/ICPAE. Abstracts on rings and icy satellites without atmosphere should be sent to Session PS3.2. Convenors:
EGU / PS5: Planetary Plasma Physics The emphasis of the session is on all aspects of planetary plasma physics, particles, fields and waves, including (1) magnetospheres, ionospheres, auroras, of solar system and extrasolar planets and satellites (2) the solar wind interaction with inner planets, moons, asteroids, dust and comets, and (3) intercomparisons of planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres. Contributions are welcome which address previous, present (e.g. CASSINI, MARS EXPRESS) and forthcoming (e.g. VENUS EXPRESS, BEPI COLOMBO, MESSANGER, ROSETTA, CHANDRAYAAN-1) observations from space and from the ground. Theoretical modelling and simulations are also strongly encouraged, both in themeselves and as a basis for intercomparisons and interpretation of results. Convener: Esa Kallio, Email: Esa.Kallio@fmi.fi EGU / PS11: Space weather at other planets Oral and posters papers are invited for the session on "Space weather at other planets" at the European Geosciences Union 2006 general assembly. This session is open to papers about space weather at planets other than the Earth, especially those likely to be targets for planetary exploration in the coming decades. The scope of the session includes: * planetary radiation environments (in-orbit and on surface) - and their effects on spacecraft systems and living organisms. * the heliospheric radiation environments experienced during the cruise phase of planetary missions * ionospheres - and their effects on lander communications and orbiter radars) * upper neutral atmospheres - and drag effects on orbiters We particularly welcome papers on the radiation environments of Mars, Jupiter and Europa. Convenors:
EGU / PS13: Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer in Planetary Atmospheres This session will cover experimental and theoretical works on spectroscopy and radiative transfer. Papers are solicited on results of observational,experimental, theoretical and modeling studies in the Spectroscopy, Retrieval Techniques and Radiative Transfer areas applied to the characterization of planetary atmospheres. The purpose of the session is to provide the opportunity to scientists working in the fields of spectroscopy, retrieval and radiative transfer modeling to exchange their mutual interests and needs. Examples of welcome contributions are: spectroscopic laboratory measurements and techniques, theoretical spectroscopic Studies, radiative transfer modeling algorithms and methods, validation of radiative transfer techniques, specific techiques for spectral information from planetary atmospheres, and, in general, spectroscopic and radiative results with implications for the characterization of solar system and extrasolar planetary spectra. For more information: http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/information.php?p_id=187&s_id=3586 Convenors:
Spring AGU, Baltimore, MA, USA, May 23-26, 2006 American Geophysical Union (http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja06)
SAGU / U03: " Comparative Planetology – Atmospheres and Aeronomy " The Earth, planets, moons, comets, and other small bodies in the solar system are quite diverse, yet share a number of characteristics. Each has something to teach us about the others and about the extrasolar planets we are now discovering. Having multiple examples of similar phenomena under different local conditions provides the best means of identifying the underlying mechanisms and of quantitative testing of our understanding. This special session is one of a sequence of events attempting to define and document the comparative planetology vision and provide specific recommendations for actions by the research community and the funding agencies. Activities at the 2005 Fall Meeting included special oral and poster sessions as well as a post-meeting workshop. A second workshop is planned in March 2006 in the WDC area. A formal report will be distributed thereafter. The objectives of this proposed special session for the 2006 Joint Assembly are to report on the progress so far and to solicit additional ideas, suggestions, and from the research community, with an emphasis on the atmosphere and aeronomy of the Earth, planets, moons, and comets in the solar system. Conveners:
PRESENTATIONS GIVEN DURING THE U03 session (Sincere thank to all the authors for their input!) [Reference: Author(s) (2006), Title, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract xxxxx-xx]: - Paxton L. J., Space Weather and Planetary Atmospheres, invited (abstract U52A-01). - Mendillo M. and P. Withers, Effects of Solar Flares on Earth and Mars (abstract U52A-02). - Zhu X., Comparative Studies of Equatorial Superrotation in Planetary Atmospheres, invited (abstract U52A-04). - Mitchell J. L. and R. T. Pierrehumbert, The Effect of Large-Scale Dynamics on Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds (abstract U52A-05). - Mueller-Wodarg I. C., R. V. Yelle, M. Mendillo, M. Galand, Energetics of planetary upper atmospheres, invited (abstract U53A-01). - Martin-Torres F.J. and M.G. Mlynczak, Non Local Thermodynamic Equlibrium and Radiative Transfer in Planetary Atmospheres, invited (abstract U53A-03). - Galand M., R. Yelle, A. Coates, E. Cunningham, M. Dougherty, What can we learn by comparing Earth and Titan's upper atmospheres?(abstract U53A-04). - Huestis D.L., Comparative Planetology - Atmospheres and Aeronomy (abstract U53A-05).
18th Rencontres de Blois, “Planetary Science: Challenges and discoveries”, Blois, France, May 28 – June 2, 2006 (http://opserv.obspm.fr/confs/Blois2006/index.htm) This is an announcement and call for papers for an international conference on planetary science, to be held in the Château Royal de Blois, in Blois, France, from May 28 to June 2, 2006. Details, including a preliminary list of invited talks and speakers, can be found on the web site given above. The conference will be organised around a number of basic themes, including: - The protoplanetary cloud: its chemistry, evolution and transformation into planets. Origin of the regular satellites of the giant planets. Planetary migration. Circumstellar discs. - From chemistry to life: early Earth, Mars, Europa, Titan. Prebiotic chemistry. Habitable zones in planetary systems. - Comets and the Kuiper belt: groups and families. Origin and evolution. Structure, activity, evolution. - Volcanism and the role of fluids: surface processes on Mars and Titan. Active icy satellites. - Comparing the giant planets: internal structure of the giant planets; atmospheres of the giant planets. - Comparing the terrestrial planets: internal structure of the terrestrial planets; origin of the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets - Magnetic and ionospheric environments: planetary magnetospheres, solar wind/magnetosphere interactions. Aurorae. The conference will consist of plenary sessions for invited in depth oral presentations (review talks and talks on specific specialised topics), and contributed papers, in the form of relatively short oral papers or posters. We will aim to achieve a balance between review talks, provocative talks given by recognized specialists, and shorter contributions, special emphasis being placed on participation by younger researchers and post-docs. If the need arises (i.e. if so many short papers are proposed that plenary sessions are insufficient), parallel sessions will be organised - please do not hesitate to contribute your work - time can always be found! AOGS, Singapore, July 10-14, 2006 3rd annual meeting of the Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (http://www.asiaoceania-conference.org/)
AOGS / PS03-ST12: " Comparative Planetary Atmospheres, Ionospheres, and Magnetospheres" The solar system contains a variety of planetary bodies, which present unique and interesting combinations of atmospheres, ionospheres, and magnetospheres. These spheres are connected to solar wind on one end and surface on the other, thus providing a complex coupling between the surface-neutral-plasma systems. Studying them in comparative manner enhances our thinking and knowledge about processes and physical phenomena occurring in these regions. This symposium will address observational, theoretical and modeling studies pertaining to physical, chemical, and dynamical processes occurring in atmospheres, ionospheres, and magnetospheres of planets, moons, and comets as well as their coupling among themselves and with solar wind. Studies on energetic neutral atoms (ENA) will also be addressed in this session. The session will encourage presentations that use a comparative approach to a phenomena occurring in different planetary environments and will include both invited and contributed presentations. Innovative experimental techniques and ideas for missions to study surface-atmosphere-magnetosphere systems on planetary bodies will also be welcome. This will be a joint PS-ST session and will be held together the with ST12 session. Conveners:
AOGS / PS06: " Outer planets and satellites with an atmosphere" This session will include solicited, contributed and poster papers with a focus on observational (ground-based and spacecraft-borne) and theoretical studies related to the neutral atmospheres of the outer planetary systems, including the gas giants, Pluto, and satellites with atmospheres, especially Titan, Io, Europa and Triton. Contributions on the current state of knowledge are welcome. Abstracts on the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn and Titan from the Cassini-Huygens and Galileo missions are encouraged also, especially those that make comparisons to other observations from ground or other missions. This session (co-sponsored by IAMAS/ICPAE) will include invited overviews and contributed papers, as well as posters, on recent work analyzing observational and space mission data related in particular to the outer planets systems and Titan. Among the topics to be addressed are: - Atmospheres of the giant planets, Pluto, Titan, Triton, Io and Europa as seen from space missions and ground-based observations. - satellite surfaces and atmosphere-surface interactions (for non icy satellites), - Laboratory work in direct relation with the above. Note that there will be another session PS08 on " Satellites and Rings in the outer Solar System". We would very much appreciate your attendance and like to invite the submission of abstracts. Please note that the deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 15 February 2006. For details on the AOGS Meeting and abstract submission, please visit: http://www.asiaoceania-conference.org/ Conveners:
AIAA/AAS, Keystone, CO, USA, August 21-24, 2006 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit Keystone Resort & Conference Center, Keystone, Colorado, USA Special Session: "New Perspectives on the Satellite Drag Environments of Earth, Mars and Venus" Past, present and future Missions to Mars, imminent MRO aerobraking operations at Mars, new interest in missions to Venus, and new insights provided by precise tracking and orbit determination methods and sensitive accelerometers (e.g., on CHAMP and GRACE) continue to foster interest in the variability of the satellite drag environments of the "terrestrial planets". The purpose of this open session is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of the latest advances in methodologies to derive densities and winds, analyses of data that provide new perspectives on density variability, and new developments in empirical or numerical modeling relevant to the specification and prediction of satellite drag in the atmospheric environments of Earth, Mars and Venus. Special Session Organizers:
AIAA Technical Chair: Mark E. Pittelkau, mpittelkau at verizon.net AAS Technical Chair: Alan Lovell, Thomas.lovell at kirtland.af.mil Abstract submission deadline: 27-Jan-2006 Manuscript submission deadline: 07-Aug-2006 Prospective authors are invited to submit their abstracts, and corresponding author information electronically through AIAA's Web site at www.aiaa.org. The Web site is now open for abstract/manuscript submittal. Simply click on "Conference & Events," then "Submit/Edit a Paper" on the left side to initiate the process. We are working on establishing a link for this special session. If this is not visible, submit under the category of "Orbit Determination and Tracking", and send an email to the AIAA and AAS Technical Chairs (see emails above) requesting that the abstract be considered for the special session. For questions regarding submission of abstracts, please contact the Organizers, the AIAA Technical Chair, or e-mail AIAA technical support at: paper_tech_support at aiaa.org. EPSC #1, Berlin, Germany, September 18-22, 2006 European Planetary Science Congress (http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2006/)
MA6 Comparative Auroras (workshop) !!Invited talks for MA6 HERE!! Conveners: Marina Galand and Renée Prangé Auroral emissions are a unique and valuable probe of plasma interaction, magnetospheric processes, atmospheric composition, dynamics, and energetics. We encourage the submission of contributed presentations discussing cross-body, multi-spectral, as well as multi-scale comparison of auroras and auroral processes. Such approaches are constructive and critical for deepening our understanding of solar wind-(magnetosphere)-ionosphere coupling encountered in the Solar System. The session will consist of contributed posters followed by a workshop with invited presentations and directed discussions with all contributors and participants on the current need and future plans for the field. The session is in support of the scientific activities of the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) through the Coordinated Investigation Programme 3
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