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3rd
Europlanet strategic workshop – 4th PHC/Sakura meeting
Venus
as a transiting exoplanet
Strategic
workshop on coordinated ground-based
measurements
and modeling of the Venus atmosphere
Observatoire
de Paris - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France
March 5-7, 2012
last update : March 12 2012 – 18:00CET
Monday, March 5
Observatoire de Paris –
Btiment Perrault - Salle du Conseil
Entrance :
77 Avenue Denfert Rochereau – 75014 Paris
9:30-18:30
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9:30
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Caf and croissants
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9:45
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Welcome remarks
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T. Widemann
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9:45-12:45
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First session
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.pdf
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Current
status of Akatsuki
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T. Imamura
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Mapping zonal winds in visible at cloud
top
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P. Machado
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.ppt
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Contribution from simultaneous wind
measurements
with VEX-VMC and ground-based
observations
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J. Peralta
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VMC wave measurements
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S. Limaye
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Modeling of the upper atmosphere
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C. Parkinson
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Thermal infrared observation of Venus with
Akatsuki/LIR
and ground-based camera
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T. Fukuhara
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Ground-based observations of 1.27 micron
O2 airglow
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S. Ohtsuki, N. Iwagami
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13:00-13:45
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Lunch, Observatoire de Paris cafetaria
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14:00-16:45
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Second session
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.pdf
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First Wind Results from Infrared
Heterodyne Observations
on Venus in June 2011 and near future
observation plans
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M. Sornig
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.ppt
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Winds, and sulfur/water chemistry in the
Venus middle
atmosphere from ground-based submm
observations
of CO, SO2, SO, and HDO
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B. Sandor
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Mapping of SO2
and HDO on Venus
using thermal
infrared imaging spectroscopy
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T. Encrenaz
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.pdf
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SO2 monitoring with SPICAV nadir in UV
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E. Marcq
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.ppt
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Water vapour in the Venus lower
atmosphere
from the 1.18 micron window
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S. Chamberlain
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A status report on data analysis of Venus
mm/submm ground-based observations (SMA, CARMA, PdBI)
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H.Sagawa
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17:00-18:30
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Discussion : Variability of the Venus mesosphere
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Tuesday, March 6
IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique
de Paris - Amphithtre
Henri-Mineur
Entrance :
77 Avenue Denfert Rochereau – 75014 Paris
9:30
– 16:30 CET
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9:30
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Caf and croissants
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9:45-12:45
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Third session
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A Venus Terminator Mesospheric and
Thermospheric Model
using the SOIR measurements on board
Venus Express
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A. Mahieux
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.ppt
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Temperature structure of the Venus upper
mesosphere/lower thermosphere:
Spatial, diurnal, and decadal variation
from ground-based submm measurements
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B. Sandor
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Aerosol loading in the upper haze of
Venus
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V. Wilquet, S. Takagi
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.pdf
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Simulated transmission spectrum of Venus
as a transiting exoplanet
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D. Ehrenreich
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HST observations of Venus as a transiting
exoplanet
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A. Vidal-Madjar
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.pdf
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Earth and Venus transmission spectra
during transit
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A. Garca Muoz,
F. Mills
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13:00-13:45
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Lunch, Observatoire de Paris cafetaria
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14:00-16:00
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Fourth session
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Transit of Venus : an exoplanet perpective II
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.pdf
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Observation and refraction modeling of
the aureole
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P. Tanga
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Observation with PICARD/SODISM during
transit
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A. Hauchecorne,
M. Meftah
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Transit of Venus spectroscopy and high
resolution imaging, NSO/Sacramento Peak
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K. Reardon
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Spectroscopy and high resolution imaging,
Yunnan Observatory
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C. Bazin, S. Koutchmy,
Xu Zhi
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16:00-16:30
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Discussion : Spectral regions and filters,
space and ground-based facilities (spatially resolved and disk-integrated)
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Multi spectral imaging of planets using
MSI
installed at Pirka telescope
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K. Hamamoto
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Venus observation using Pirka and balloon
telescopes
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Y. Takahashi
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17:00-17:30
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Venus Coronagraph Deployment –
Outreach activity at Agency level
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20:00-21:00
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1-hour snacking cruise on the Seine
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Meeting : Vedettes de Paris, Port de
Suffren, 75007 Paris
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Mtro : Bik-Hakeim station (line 6,
direction Charles-de-Gaulle-toile)
Cost : 18 Û / person.
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Wednesday, March 7
Observatoire de Paris –
Salle de l'Atelier
Entrance :
77 Avenue Denfert Rochereau – 75014 Paris
9h30-18h00
CET
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9:30-18:00
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Room available all day for splinter
meetings,
additional VoIP presentations,
discussions.
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11:00-14:00
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Fifth session
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Lunch meeting for summarizing the
workshop
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Y. Takahashi
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14:00
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End of meeting
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Expected
participants (as of March 5) :
(T) by teleconference
Japan
Yukihiro Takahashi (U. Hokkaido)
Takeshi Imamura (T) (JAXA)
Naomoto Iwagami (T) (U. Tokyo)
Shoko Ohtsuki (JAXA / U. Tokyo)
Tetsuya Fukuhara (U. Hokkaido)
Ko Hamamoto (U. Hokkaido)
Seiko Takagi (U. Tokyo and BISA)
Hideo Sagawa (Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, NICT)
United
States
Sanjay Limaye (University of Wisconsin, WI)
Brad Sandor (Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO)
Chris Parkinson (U. Michigan, MI/LATT, Grenoble, F)
Jay Pasachoff (T) (Williams College, MA)
Kevin Reardon (T) (Arcetri Observatory in Florence, Italy)
Elliot Young (T) (SwRI, Boulder)
Portugal
David Luz (CAAUL/Lisboa Obs.)
Sarah Chamberlain (CAAUL/Lisboa Obs.)
Javier Peralta (CAAUL/Lisboa Obs.)
David Berry (CAAUL/Lisboa Obs.)
Pedro Machado (CAAUL/Lisboa Obs.)
Belgium
Valrie Wilquet (BISA/Belgium Inst. for Space Aeronomy)
Arnaud Mahieux (BISA/Belgium Inst. for Space Aeronomy)
Sverine Robert (BISA/Belgium Inst. for Space Aeronomy)
France
Thomas Widemann (Obs. Paris / LESIA)
Paolo Tanga (Obs. Cte-d'Azur/Lagrange)
David Ehrenreich (U. Joseph Fourier/LATT, Grenoble)
Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris)
Emmanuel Marcq (IPSL/LATMOS)
Alain Hauchecorne (IPSL/LATMOS)
Mustapha Meftah (IPSL/LATMOS)
Thrse Encrenaz (Obs. Paris / LESIA)
Cyril Bazin (Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris)
Netherlands
Arianna Piccialli (ESA-ESTEC)
Spain
Antonio Garca Muoz (IAC/Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias)
Germany
Manuela Sornig (I.Physikalisches Institut, U. Koeln)
Maren Herrmann (I.Physikalisches Institut, U. Koeln)
UK
Colin Wilson (Oxford University)
China
(PRC)
Xu Zhi (T) (Yunnan Astron. Obs.)
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