OldProjects
2012 - 2015
In 2012, IASB-BIRA was selected for a small amount of funding to start cooperation with India. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to send an instrument that resembles NOMAD to Mars in 2014 and was looking for collaborators with experience in radiative transfer models for Mars. A first meeting took place after the International COSPAR conference in July 2012 in Mysore.
2019 - 2020
Spectroscopy and forward model error improvement for CH4 retrieval in the TIR. ESA project to explore and consolidate the possible sources of CH4 biases in retrievals from TIR sensors, to establish necessary actions and perform the related work for mitigating biases.
2014 - 2016
This FP7 project is focused on the realization of innovative tools and techniques for the visualization and sharing of Mars data to strength collaborative science data analysis and real-time operations. A specific focus is given to the preparation of the Exomars 2016 and 2018 missions.
2018 - 2021
The evolution of planets is driven by the composition, structure, and thermal state of their internal core, mantle, lithosphere, crust, and by interactions with possible ocean and atmosphere.
2014 - 2016
EuroVenus stands for European Unified Research on Observations of Venus using coordinated Space- and Earth-based Facilities. It is a project funded by the EU within the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe.
2012 - 2015
HiResMIR is the acronym of the Groupement de Recherche International (GDRI) called "High resolution microwave, infrared and Raman molecular spectroscopy for atmospheric, planetological and astrophysical applications".
iMARS stands for "international Mars Architecture for the Return of Samples". It is an international committee founded under the umbrella of the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG).
iMARS WG is an international Working Group composed of experts selected by the ESA, NASA, and ROSCOSMOS space agencies which has as main objetive the preparation of the Sample Return Mission from Mars.
In 2013, 3 International Teams have been selected to deal with Venus related issues:
- Sulfur Dioxide Variability in the Venus Atmosphere (A.C. Vandaele & O. Korablev)
- Clouds on Venus (C. Wilson & E. Marcq)
- Towards a Self Consistent Model of the Thermal Structure of the Venus Atmosphere (S. Limaye & L. Zasova)
Several scientists of the Planetary Atmospheres Group fo BISA are involved in all three teams.
2012 - 2017
PLANET TOPERS stands for Planets, Tracing the Transfer, Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of their ReservoirS.
The group is an Inter-university attraction pole (IAP) financed by the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) and addressing the question of habitability in our Solar System.
December 2014 - March 2019
The goals of the SCOOP (Towards a SynergistiC study Of the atmOsphere of terrestrial Planets) project match the topics, challenges and scope of the BRAIN-be call 2014 of the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO). SCOOP has as its overarching objective the revision and exploitation of data from the European Mars Express (MEX) and the European Venus Express (VEX) missions as well as other Martian missions such as NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN).
Started Nov 2012 - 18 month duration
SIROCCO is a 18-months ESA project focusing on "Development and performance assessment of synergetic retrieval algorithms for near-surface concentrations of CH4 and CO from SWIR and IR passive remote sensing measurements for Earth and Mars atmospheres".
March 2015 - February 2018
The goals of the UPWARDS project match the topics, challenges and scope of the Compet-8-2014 call (Horizon 2020). The UPWARDS Consortium undertake five grand science themes which challenge our current understanding of the complex couplings of the Mars climate: