| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Terrestrial Planetary Atmospheres And Their Evolution |
| Main Convener | Prof. Feng Tian (Tsinghua University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Mr. Eric Chassefiere (Univ Paris-Sud; CNRS; Laboratoire GEOPS - Geoscience Paris Sud, France) Prof. Yongyun Hu (Peking University, China) Prof. Xi Zhang (University of California Santa Cruz, United States) |
| Session Description | Understanding the nature, variability, physical and chemical mechanisms, and the evolution of planetary atmospheres is a main component of planetary sciences. While the long-term evolution of our own planet is constrained by geological/geochemical data, the evolutionary paths of other terrestrial planetary bodies in and outside our solar system must be reconstructed from planetary mission data and astronomical observations. Discoveries of exoplanets greatly expand the interests of the scientific community and provide a new opportunity for interdisciplinary collaborations between geoscientists, astronomers, and planetary scientists. Our understanding of the Earth and other planets can greatly benefit from comparative studies of terrestrial planetary atmospheres. This session welcomes both observational and theoretical studies relevant to current physical and chemical states of terrestrial planetary atmospheres in and outside of our solar system (including the Earth) and their evolution. |