| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Microwave and Infrared Remote Sensing of Solar System Objects |
| 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, Japan) Prof. Yasumasa Kasaba (Tohoku University, Japan) Prof. Yi-Jehng Kuan (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan) |
| Session Description | This session will address all aspects of investigations of the terrestrial and other atmospheres in the solar system as well as surface properties of solar system bodies, using remote sensing techniques in the cm, mm, submm and infrared wavelengths range. This includes new ground-based, air- and spaceborne instrument developments, development proposals and related topics (i.e. frontends, backends, receivers, spectrometers, interferometers, components, mechanisms, concepts, calibration, the baseline problem, etc.), radiative transfer and retrieval simulations, new observations (Earth, planets, comets, moons, asteroids, KBOs, etc. from the ground, airborne and space borne), their validation, analysis and interpretation (e.g. atmospheric dynamics, chemistry and evolution, surface mineralogy, thermo-physical properties, regolith studies etc.). Special emphasis will be on presentations of Herschel results and the newly proposed FIRE/MELOS instrument. |