Planetary Atmospheres Group

Publications in 2018


    • Martian aerosol-free reflectance spectra as input to better constrain atmospheric dust content in the NOMAD/TGO nadir observations

      Altieri, F., Wilquet, V., Oliva, F., D'Aversa, E., Carrozzo, F.G., Bellucci, G., Sindoni, G., Geminale, A., Patel, M.R., Thomas, I.R., Willame, Y., Aoki, S., Depiesse, C., Cloutis, E., Daerden, F., Hewson, W., Karaketin, O., Lanciano, O., Mahieux, A., Mason, J., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., Piccialli, A., Ristic, B., Robert, S., Schmidt, F., Vandaele, A.C., the NOMAD Team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-861-2 (2018), DOI:


    • Stringent upper limit of CH4 on Mars based on SOFIA/EXES observations

      Aoki, S., Richter, M.J., DeWitt, C., Boogert, A., Encrenaz, T., Sagawa, H., Nakagawa, H., Vandaele, A.C., Giuranna, M., Greathouse, T.K., Fouchet, T., Geminale, A., Sindoni, G., McKelvey, M., Case, M., Kasaba, Y.

      Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 610, issue , A78 (2018), DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730903


    • Preliminary results on sensitive search of minor species using the first data of TGO/NOMAD

      Aoki, S., Vandaele, A.C., Robert, S., Thomas, I.R., Trompet, L., Erwin, J.T., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Ristic, B., Villanueva, G.L., Liuzzi, G., Mumma, M.J., Hill, B., Funke, B., Lopez Valverde, M.A., Giuranna, M., Patel, M.R., Bellucci, G., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-796 (2018), DOI:


    • Preliminary results on water vapor retrievals from the first data of TGO/NOMAD

      Aoki, S., Vandaele, A.C., Robert, S., Thomas, I.R., Trompet, L., Erwin, J.T., Piccialli, A., Mahieux, A., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Ristic, B., Villanueva, G.L., Liuzzi, G., Mumma, M.J., Smith, M.D., Giuranna, M., Patel, M.R., Bellucci, G., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-773 (2018), DOI:


    • Retrieval and characterization of carbon monoxide (CO) vertical profiles in the Martian atmosphere from observations of PFS/MEX

      Bouche, J., Giuranna, M., Coheur, P.-F., Aoki, S., Robert, S., Wolkenberg, P., Vandaele, A.C., Erwin, J.T., Daerden, F., Bauduin, S.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-911 (2018), DOI:


    • CASTAway: An asteroid main belt tour and survey

      Bowles, N.E., Snodgrass, C., Gibbings, A., Sanchez, J.P., Arnold, J.A., Eccleston, P., Andert, T., Probst, A., Naletto, G., Vandaele, A.C., de Leon, J., Nathues, A., Thomas, I.R., Thomas, N., Jorda, L., Da Deppo, V., Haack, H., Green, S.F., Carry, B., Donaldson Hanna, K.L., Leif Jorgensen, J., Kereszturi, A., DeMeo, F.E., Patel, M.R., Davies, J.K., Clarke, F., Kinch, K., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Agarwal, J., Rivkin, A.S., Pravec, P., Fornasier, S., Granvik, M., Jones, R.H., Murdoch, N., Joy, K.H., Pascale, E., Tecza, M., Barnes, J.M., Licandro, J., Greenhagen, B.T., Calcutt, S.B., Marriner, C.M., Warren, T., Tosh, I.

      Advances in Space Research, Vol. 62, issue 8, 1998-2025 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.10.021


    • Design of the calibration bench for the characterization of MAJIS/JUICE VIS-NIR detectors

      Cisneros-González, M.E., Bolsée, D., Pereira, N., Vandaele, A.C., Karatekin, Ö., Giordanengo, B., Gissot, S., Langevin, Y., Poulet, F., Dumesnil, C., Ruiz-de-Galarreta-Fanjul, C., Lecomte, B., Arondel, A., Carter, J., Piccioni, G., Filacchione, G., the MAJIS Team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-1169 (2018), DOI:


    • Radiation environment at candidate landing sites on Mars: effects of Solar activity and of albedo neutrons for different mineralogical content

      Da Pieve, F., Botek, E., Vandaele, A.C.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-1082 (2018), DOI:


    • Towards new potential strategies for biosignatures detection: correlating the physico-chemistry and complexity of amino acids from deep space

      Da Pieve, F., Botek, E., Vandaele, A.C.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-814 (2018), DOI:


    • Model expectations for the D/H distribution on Mars as observed by NOMAD

      Daerden, F., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Aoki, S., Piccialli, A., Robert, S., Wilquet, V., Thomas, I., Ristic, B., Vandaele, A.C., Villanueva, G., Mumma, M., Novak, R., Encrenaz, T., Lewis, S., Holmes, J., López-Moreno, J.J., Bellucci, G., Patel, M., The NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-742-1 (2018), DOI:


    • Atmospheric model support for NOMAD on ExoMars/TGO

      Daerden, F., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Erwin, J., Robert, S., Aoki, S., Willame, Y., Vandaele, A.C., Lewis, S., Holmes, J., Streeter, P., Patel, M., González-Galindo, F., Lopez-Valverde, M.A., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., Giuranna, M., Sindoni, G., Altieri, F., Bellucci, G., Lefèvre, F., Villanueva, G., Mumma, M.J., Smith, M.D., Etiope, G., Whiteway, J., Clancy, R.T., Wolff, M.J., Novak, R.E., Bauduin, S., Kaminski, J.W., Thomas, I.R., Ristic, B., Depiesse, C., Mason, J., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-235-2 (2018), DOI:


    • Simulation of CO and H2O2 on Mars

      Daerden, F., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., García Muñoz, A., Clancy, R.T., Smith, M.D., Encrenaz, T.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-460 (2018), DOI:


    • Calibration of the NOMAD-UVIS channel

      Depiesse, C., Willame, Y., Vandaele, A.C., Thomas, I.R., Bolsée, D., Neefs, E., Berkenbosch, S., Clairquin, R., Patel, M.R., Mason, J., Leese, M., Hathi, B., Wolff, M.J., Clancy, R.T., Altieri, F., Bellucci, G., Lopez-Moreno, J.-J., Thibert, T., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-699 (2018), DOI:


    • VESPA: Enlarging the Virtual Observatory to Planetary Science

      Erard, S., Cecconi, B., Le Sidaner, P., Rossi, A.P., Capria, M.T., Schmitt, B., André, N., Vandaele, A.C., Scherf, M., Hueso, R., Määttänen, A., Carry, B., Achilleos, N., Marmo, C., Santolik, O., Benson, K., Fernique, P.

      2018 Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics Conference, April 24-26, 2018, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Vol. , issue , #6033 (2018), DOI:


    • VESPA: A community-driven Virtual Observatory in Planetary Science

      Erard, S., Cecconi, B., Le Sidaner, P., Rossi, A.P., Capria, M.T., Schmitt, B., Génot, V., André, N., Vandaele, A.C., Scherf, M., Hueso, R., Määttänen, A., Thuillot, W., Carry, B., Achilleos, N., Marmo, C., Santolik, O., Benson, K., Fernique, P., Beigbeder, L., Millour, E., Rousseau, B., Andrieu, F., Chauvin, C., Minin, M., Ivanoski, S., Longobardo, A., Bollard, P., Albert, D., Gangloff, M., Jourdane, N., Bouchemit, M., Glorian, J.-M., Trompet, L., Al-Ubaidi, T., Juaristi, J., Desmars, J., Guio, P., Delaa, O., Lagain, A., Soucek, J., Pisa, D.

      Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 150, issue , 65-85 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.05.013


    • Virtual European Solar & Planetary Access (VESPA): Year 3

      Erard, S., Cecconi, B., Le Sidaner, P., Rossi, A.P., Capria, T., Schmitt, B., Génot, V., André, N., Glorian, J.-M., Vandaele, A.C., Scherf, M., Hueso, R., Määttänen, A., Carry, B., Achilleos, N., Marmo, C., Santolik, O., Soucek, J., Benson, K., Fernique, P.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-348 (2018), DOI:


    • Creating a priori atmospheres from GEM-Mars GCM for the investigation of Mars

      Erwin, J., Neary, L., Daerden, F., Viscardy, S., Aoki, S., Robert, S., Vandaele, A.C.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-708 (2018), DOI:


    • Creating high-spatial resolution atmospheric profiles from the GEM-Mars GCM for the investigation of Mars

      Erwin, J., Neary, L., Daerden, F., Viscardy, S., Aoki, S., Vandaele, A.C.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-717 (2018), DOI:


    • Exploring the Atmosphere of Mars with Remote Observations: Activities in Japan for the Belgium-Japan partnership (AMAVERO)

      Kasaba, Y., Nakagawa, H., Sagawa, H., Kuroda, T., Imamura, T., Kasai, Y., Yamazaki, A., Sato, T.M., Maezawa, H., Taguchi, M., Kashimura, H., Murata, I., Terada, N., Sakanoi, T., Takami, K., Aizawa, S., Toyooka, M., Akiba, T., Yoshida, N., Toriumi, K., Vandaele, A.C., Aoki, S., Robert, S., Wilquet, V., Mahieux, A., Bauduin, S., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Coheur, P.F.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-123-1 (2018), DOI:


    • Long term evolution of temperature in the venus upper atmosphere at the evening and morning terminators

      Krause, P., Sornig, M., Wischnewski, C., Kostiuk, T., Livengood, T.A., Herrmann, M., Sonnabend, G., Stangier, T., Wiegand, M., Pätzold, M., Mahieux, A., Vandaele, A.C., Piccialli, A., Montmessin, F.

      Icarus, Vol. 299, issue , 370-385 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.030


    • Venus Atmospheric Thermal Structure and Radiative Balance

      Limaye, S.S., Grassi, D., Mahieux, A., Migliorini, A., Tellmann, S., Titov, D.

      Space Science Reviews, Vol. 214, issue 5, A102 (2018), DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0525-2


    • Investigations of the Mars Upper Atmosphere with ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

      López-Valverde, M.A., Gerard, J.-C., González-Galindo, F., Vandaele, A.-C., Thomas, I., Korablev, O., Ignatiev, N., Fedorova, A., Montmessin, F., Määttänen, A., Guilbon, S., Lefevre, F., Patel, M.R., Jiménez-Monferrer, S., García-Comas, M., Cardesin, A., Wilson, C.F., Clancy, R.T., Kleinböhl, A., McCleese, D.J., Kass, D.M., Schneider, N.M., Chaffin, M.S., López-Moreno, J.J., Rodríguez, J.

      Space Science Reviews, Vol. 214, issue 1, A29 (2018), DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0463-4


    • TGO limb observations and addititonal possibilities for upper atmosphere science on Mars

      López-Valverde, M.A., Gerard, J.-C., González-Galindo, F., Vandaele, A.C., Korablev, O., the NOMAD and ACS teams

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-1109 (2018), DOI:


    • Spectral inversion of OMEGA/MEx limb observations considering multiple scattering

      Mahieux, A., Aoki, S., Toyooka, M., Nakagawa, H., Iwabuchi, H., Kasaba, Y., Sindoni, G., Geminale, A., Oliva, F., D’Aversa, E., Altieri, F., Bellucci, G., Vandaele, A.C., Gondet, B., Bibring, J.-P., Vincendon, M., Wolff, M.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-124-2 (2018), DOI:


    • Composition and Chemistry of the Neutral Atmosphere of Venus

      Marcq, E., Mills, F.P., Parkinson, C.D., Vandaele, A.C.

      Space Science Reviews, Vol. 214, issue 1, A10 (2018), DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0438-5


    • Saltation under Martian gravity and its influence on the global dust distribution

      Musiolik, G., Kruss, M., Demirci, T., Schrinski, B., Teiser, J., Daerden, F., Smith, M.D., Neary, L., Wurm, G.

      Icarus, Vol. 306, issue , 25-31 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.01.007


    • The GEM-Mars General Circulation Model for Mars: Description and Evaluation

      Neary, L., Daerden, F.

      Icarus, Vol. 300, issue , 458-476 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.028


    • Simulation of Ozone and Oxygen Airglow on Mars

      Neary, L., Daerden, F., Viscardy, S., García-Muñoz, A., Clancy, R.T., Smith, M.D., Fedorova, A.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-480 (2018), DOI:


    • Participation of women scientists in ESA solar system missions: an historical trend

      Piccialli, A., Rathbun, J.A., Vandaele, A.C., Altieri, F., Määttänen, A., Milillo, A., Rotundi, A., Rengel, M., Drossart, P.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-772 (2018), DOI:


    • Preliminary retrievals of CO2 column densities using the first data of TGO/NOMAD

      Piccialli, A., Vandaele, A.C., Thomas, I.R., Robert, S., Aoki, S., Trompet, L., Erwin, J.T., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Ristic, B., Karatekin, O., Smith, M.D., Sindoni, G., Oliva, F., Bauduin, S., Wolkenberg, P., Lopez Moreno, J.J., Bellucci, G., Patel, M.R., the NOMAD Team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-854-1 (2018), DOI:


    • Impact of gradients at the Martian terminator on the retrieval of ozone from SPICAM/MEx

      Piccialli, A., Vandaele, A.C., Trompet, L., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Daerden, F., Robert, S., Aoki, S., Willame, Y., Wilquet, V., Lefèvre, F., Määttänen, A., Montmessin, F.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-434 (2018), DOI:


    • First retrievals of ozone vertical profiles from NOMAD-UVIS

      Piccialli, A., Vandaele, A.C., Willame, Y., Depiesse, C., Trompet, L., Neary, L., Viscardy, S., Daerden, F., Thomas, I.R., Ristic, B., Hewson, W., Mason, J.P., Patel, M.R., Sellers, G., Clancy, T., Villanueva, G., Hubert, B., Altieri, F., Bellucci, G., Lopez-Moreno, J.-J., the NOMAD Team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-944 (2018), DOI:


    • First measurements of Martian CO by NOMAD/EMTGO

      Robert, S., Erwin, J.T., Aoki, S., Trompet, L., Vandaele, A.C., Thomas, I.R., Smith, M.D., Villanueva, G.L., Giuranna, M., Hill, B., Funke, B., Lopez Puertas, M., Lopez Valverde, M.A., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Ristic, B., Viscardy, S., Piccialli, A., Wilquet, V., Sindoni, G., Bellucci, G., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., Patel, M.R., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-665-1 (2018), DOI:


    • Definition of a surface index based on previous datasets, to be used on NOMAD/EMTGO spectra

      Robert, S., Karatekin, O., Gloesener, E., Ruel, L., Carrozzo, F.G., Altieri, F., Vandaele, A.C., Daerden, F., Thomas, I.R., Ristic, B., Bellucci, G., Patel, M.R., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-722 (2018), DOI:


    • Martian CO and wind measurements from ALMA observations

      Robert, S., Sagawa, H., Vandaele, A.C., Aoki, S.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-811 (2018), DOI:


    • The climatology of carbon monoxide and water vapor on Mars as observed by CRISM and modeled by the GEM-Mars general circulation model

      Smith, M.D., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Khayat, A.

      Icarus, Vol. 301, issue , 117-131 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.027


    • The NOMAD Spectrometer Suite on ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter: Data Products, Format and Availability in the ESA Planetary Science Archive

      Thomas, I., Vandaele, A.C., Daerden, F., Depiesse, C., Willame, Y., Trompet, L., Berkenbosch, S., Clairquin, R., Beeckman, B., Ristic, B., Queirolo, C., Neefs, E., Mason, J., Sellers, G., Leese, M., Hathi, B., Patel, M.R., Bellucci, G., Lopez Moreno, J.J., the NOMAD Team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-654 (2018), DOI:


    • The NOMAD Spectrometer Suite on ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter: First Results from the Commissioning and Nominal Science Phases

      Thomas, I., Vandaele, A.C., Robert, S., Trompet, L., Aoki, S., Depiesse, C., Willame, Y., Wilquet, V., Piccialli, A., Ristic, B., Daerden, F., Erwin, J., Berkenbosch, S., Clairquin, R., Beeckman, B., Neefs, E., Mason, J., Patel, M., Bellucci, G., Lopez Moreno, J.J., the NOMAD Team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-661 (2018), DOI:


    • Modification of the retrieval tool JACOSPAR for the Martian limb observations

      Toyooka, M., Iwabuchi, H., Aoki, S., Mahieux, A., Nakagawa, H., Kasaba, Y.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-207 (2018), DOI:


    • Description, accessibility and usage of SOIR/Venus Express atmospheric profiles of Venus distributed in VESPA (Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access)

      Trompet, L., Geunes, Y., Ooms, T., Mahieux, A., Wilquet, V., Chamberlain, S., Robert, S., Thomas, I.R., Erard, S., Cecconi, B., Le Sidaner, P., Vandaele, A.C.

      Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 150, issue , 60-64 (2018), DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.022


    • Preliminary results on carbon dioxide and temperature profiles from NOMAD SO

      Trompet, L., Vandaele, A.C., Thomas, I., Robert, S., Aoki, S., Erwin, J., Piccialli, A., Wilquet, V., Funke, B., Hill, B., López-Valverde, M.A., López-Puertas, M., López-Moreno, J.J., García-Comas, M., Giuranna, M., Oliva, F., Daerden, F., Bellucci, G., Patel, M ., Mahieux, A., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-760 (2018), DOI:


    • NOMAD, an Integrated Suite of Three Spectrometers for the ExoMars Trace Gas Mission: Technical Description, Science Objectives and Expected Performance

      Vandaele, A.C., Lopez-Moreno, J.-J., Patel, M.R., Bellucci, G., Daerden, F., Ristic, B., Robert, S., Thomas, I.R., Wilquet, V., Allen, M., Alonso-Rodrigo, G., Altieri, F., Aoki, S., Bolsée, D., Clancy, T., Cloutis, E., Depiesse, C., Drummond, R., Fedorova, A., Formisano, V., Funke, B., González-Galindo, F., Geminale, A., Gérard, J.-C., Giuranna, M., Hetey, L., Ignatiev, N., Kaminski, J., Karatekin, O., Kasaba, Y., Leese, M., Lefèvre, F., Lewis, S.R., López-Puertas, M., López-Valverde, M., Mahieux, A., Mason, J., McConnell, J., Mumma, M., Neary, L., Neefs, E., Renotte, E., Rodriguez-Gomez, J., Sindoni, G., Smith, M., Stiepen, A., Trokhimovsky, A., Vander Auwera, J., Villanueva, G., Viscardy, S., Whiteway, J., Willame, Y., Wolff, M., the NOMAD Team

      Space Science Reviews, Vol. 214, issue 5, A80 (2018), DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0517-2


    • NOMAD on ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter: status and preliminary results

      Vandaele, A.C., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., Bellucci, G., Patel, M.R., Daerden, F., Thomas, I.R., Neefs, E., Ristic, B., Berkenbosch, S., Beeckman, B., Clairquin, R., Queirolo, C., the NOMAD Team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-211-3 (2018), DOI:


    • Planeetatmosferen onder de loep

      Vandaele, A.C., Piccialli, A., Robert, S.

      Zenit, Vol. 44, issue 11, 20-23 (2018), DOI:


    • Looking for the sources of methane on Mars: statistical analysis of GCM simulations

      Viscardy, S., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Giuranna, M., Etiope, G., Oehler, D.

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-689 (2018), DOI:


    • Preliminary results of dust and ice clouds retrieval using NOMAD/UVIS nadir measurements

      Willame, Y., Vandaele, A.C., Depiesse, C., Thomas, I.R., Aoki, S., Piccialli, A., Daerden, F., Ristic, B., Hewson, W., Patel, M.R., Mason, J., Wolff, M.J., Oliva, F., D’Aversa, E., Altieri, F., Bellucci, G., Lopez-Moreno, J.J., the NOMAD team

      EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 12, issue , EPSC2018-731 (2018), DOI:


    • Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses

      Yung, Y.L., Chen, P., Nealson, K., Atreya, S., Beckett, P., Blank, J.G., Ehlmann, B., Eiler, J., Etiope, G., Ferry, J.G., Forget, F., Gao, P., Hu, R., Kleinböhl, A., Klusman, R., Lefèvre, F., Miller, C., Mischna, M., Mumma, M., Newman, S., Oehler, D., Okumura, M., Oremland, R., Orphan, V., Popa, R., Russell, M., Shen, L., Sherwood Lollar, B., Staehle, R., Stamenković, V., Templeton, A., Vandaele, A.C., Viscardy, S., Webster, C.R., Wennberg, P.O., Wong, M.L., Worden, J.

      Astrobiology, Vol. 18, issue 10, 1221-1241 (2018), DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1917

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