PS4 Atmospheres of terrestrial planets, outer planets and moons Convener: Hourdin, F. Co-Convener(s): Lewis, S.R. Friday, 23 April 1999 Lecture Room: Vermeerzaal 2 Chairperson: Lewis, S.R. 09:00 HOLLINGSWORTH, J.L.; HABERLE, R.M.; SCHAEFFER, J. On Mars' mean atmospheric thermal structure: sensitivity to dust loading, net diabatic heating, and the Hadley circulation (solicited paper) 09:30 BRIDGER, A.F.C.; HOLLINGSWORTH, J.L. Stationary large-scale wave activity in Mars' atmosphere 09:50 BARNES, J.R.; MATHESON, M. SGCM studies of transient baroclinic eddies in the Martian atmosphere: scale selection and the effects of topography 10:10 JOSHI, M.M.; MAGALHAES, J.A.; ECKERMAN, S.D. Investigating the propagation of gravity waves in the Martian atmosphere using a ray-tracing model 10:30 BREAK Chairperson: Hollingsworth, J.L. 11:00 LEWIS, S.R.; READ, P.L. Equatorial jets in the dusty Martian atmosphere 11:20 FORMISANO, V.; GRASSI, D.; MATURILLI, A.; PICCIONI, G.; ZASOVA, L. The Martian atmosphere around Arsia Mons 11:40 IVANOV, A.B.; MUHLEMAN, D.O. Opacity of polar night clouds on Mars (solicited paper) 12:10 FORGET, F.; HOURDIN, F.; HOURDIN, C.; TALAGRAND, O. The lifting of the dust by the winds on Mars 12:30 LUNCH & POSTERS Chairperson: Coustenis, A. 14:30 SNOOK, K.; MCKAY, C.P.; FORGET, F.; TOON, O.B.; CANTWELL, B.J. Improved optical properties and radiative heating effects of dust suspended in the Mars atmosphere 14:50 TITOV, D.V. Water vapour in the atmosphere of Mars 15:10 CALDWELL, J.; BLACK, N.D.; TRAFTON, L.M. Ultraviolet detection of CO? Mars yes, Neptune maybe 15:30 COUSTENIS, A.; SCHMITT, B.; KHANNA, R.K.; TROTTA, F. Possible ices in Titan's stratosphere (solicited paper) 16:00 LEBONNOIS, S.; TOUBLANC, D.; HOURDIN, F. Modelling latitudinal variations in Titan's atmospheric composition with a 2D photochemical model 16:20 RANNOU, P.; CABANE, M.; FERRARI, C. Characterization of aerosols in the detached haze of Titan 16:40 BREAK Chairperson: Joshi, M.M. 17:00 SKEET, D.R.; READ, P.L. Numerical simulations of equatorial waves and jets in Jupiter's atmosphere (solicited paper) 17:30 RIVIER, L.G.; POLVANI, L.M.; SARAVANAN, R. Zonal jets and equatorial super-rotation in planetary atmospheres 17:50 SANCHEZ-LAVEGA, A.; ROJAS, J.F.; HUESO, R.; ACARRETA, J.R.; LECACHEUX, J.; COLAS, F.; MIYAZAKI, I.; PARKER, D.; GARCIA, A. Observations in the visual range of the merge of Jovian anticyclons BC and DE in 1998 18:10 OLLIVIER, J.L.; BILLEBAUD, F.; DROSSART, P.; DOBRIJEVIC, M.; AUGUST-BERNEIX, T.; VAUGLIN, I.; MERILN, P.; SIBILLE, F. Analysis of thermal infrafed imaging of Saturn 18:30 USTINOV, E.A. On the fast evaluation method of temperature and gas mixing ratio weighting functions for remote sensing of planetary atmospheres in thermal IR and microwave 18:50 END OF SESSION