PDS: The Planetary Atmospheres Node
Cover Page/Proposal Summary
ROSS-99 NRA 99-OSS-01
Date Due: 5/3/99
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| Proposal Type: Progress Report | Grant/Contract/RTOP # NAG5-6900 |
| Proposal Category: Atmosphere Structures and Particles |
| Major Equipment Proposal? No |
| Do you intend to submit an Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) proposal? No |
| Proposal Title: |
| Physics and Chemistry of the Clouds on Venus, Mars and Titan |
| Abbreviated Proposal Title: |
| Clouds on Venus, Mars, and Titan |
| Principal Investigator: |
| Dr. Owen Brian
Toon Lab Atmos/Space Physis (LASP) University of Colorado Campus Box 392 Boulder, CO 80309-0392 Phone: 303-492-1534 Fax: 303-492-6949 E-mail: toon@lasp.colorado.edu |
| Signature | Date |
| _____________________________________ | ____________ |
| Co-Investigators and Collaborators: | |||
| Type | Name | Affiliation | |
| Sci Co-I | Dr. Mark Bullock | SWRI, Boulder, CO | bullock@sunra.Colorado.EDU |
| Sci Collab | Dr. Margaret Anne Tolbert | University of Colorado, CIRES Department of Chemistry | tolbert@colorado.edu |
Proposal Summary:
We propose to continue our studies of the clouds of Venus, Mars and Titan. We have constructed a new model of the water ice clouds on Mars, which includes their impact on the thermal structure of the atmosphere. We plan to extend this model to include carbon dioxide clouds. This model will be used to interpret Mars Global Surveyor observations. On Titan we propose to investigate the hydrocarbon clouds in the lower atmosphere. This work will be used for interpretation of Cassini data. For Venus we propose to continue our studies of the sulfuric acid clouds that are found in the lower portions of the cloud deck. In particular we will continue to investigate the dynamical coupling that these clouds may have with the lower atmosphere radiatino balance, and to study Galileo data.
