| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Comparative Planetary Atmospheres, Ionospheres, and Magnetospheres |
| Main Convener | Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Kiyoshi Maezawa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan) Dr. Anna Milillo (INAF, Italy) Prof. Yasumasa Kasaba (Tohoku University, Japan) Dr. Therese Encrenaz (Observatoire de Paris, France) |
| Session Description | 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 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. |