| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Microwave Investigations of Atmospheres in the Solar System |
| Main Convener | Dr. Paul Hartogh (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Yasuko Kasai (National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT), Japan) |
| Session Description | This session will address all aspects of microwave investigations of the terrestrial and other atmospheres in the Solar System containing molecular emission/absorption lines in the millimetre- and submillimetre spectral range. This includes new ground-based, air- and spaceborne instrument developments, development proposals and related topics (i.e. receivers, spectrometers, components, mechanisms, concepts, calibration, the baseline problem, etc.), radiative transfer and retrieval simulations (uplooking, nadir, limb), new atmospheric observations (Earth, planets, comets, moons), their interpretation (structure, evolution, kinematics, dynamics and chemistry of atmospheres) and validation (intercomparisons). |