Venus coordinated campaign

This wiki is provided as a tool for sharing information and schedules for coordinated Venus observations in support of ESA/Venus Express, JAXA/Akatsuki and comparative climatology of the Earth and Venus. Last update July 13, 2012 - TW

What's New ?

Nov. 15, 2012 - Deadline for Kitt Peak proposals (March 2013 winds obs. w/possible coordination with SOIR, Sornig et al.)

Sep. 20, 2012 - Deadline for CFHT proposals (Doppler velocimetry with ESPaDOnS, Widemann et al.)

Sep. 19, 2012 - Scheme for coordinated observations Oct. 26, 2013 until March 23, 2014 between ground-based observations and VEx/VeRa - In possible relation with dedicated Venus Express/VeRa polar dynamics campaign, on the dayside South polar region (85° S to 50° S), Nov. 25, 2013 until Dec. 31, 2013 ; and solar occultations SOIR observations in every VEx orbit from Dec. 11, 2013 until Feb. 9, 2014. A subsequent campaign of daily VeRa soundings is also planned June 30, 2014 to Sep. 14, 2014 - M.S., C.W., T.W.

Jul. 13, 2012 - Candace's scheduled observations at the 3.5m Apache Point Observatory, using ARCES high resolution echelle spectrograph - C.G., T.W.

Jul. 10, 2012 - Ground-based observations at the Nayoro/PIRKA telescope using NICE (NIR spectrograph, res. ~ 2400) and MSI (CCD imager, FWHM ~10 nm) - Y.T., T.W.

Jul. 6, 2012 - Schedule of 2012B ground-based Venus observations updated. Period July 2012-January 2013 encompasses Venus Express MTP 81-87 - T.W.

Jun. 5-6, 2012 - An international campaign to observe the aureole of refracted sunlight in the transiting Venus' atmosphere on June 5-6, 2012 has involved several orbiting spacecraft/instrumentation. There has been a worldwide coordination between NASA's Hubble Space Telescope ACS/WFC3 moon observations, ESA's Venus Express science operations, JAXA's Hinode Solar Observatory/SOT, AURA's NSO/IBIS visible high resolution spectro-imagery, NASA's Solar Dynamical Observatory/HMI and the ground-based Venus Twilight Experiment coronographs. - See e.g. Science News@Analysis, Vol. 336, 11 May 2012 : Venus's Rare Sun Crossing May Aid Search for Exoplanets - T.W.

Mar. 5-7, 2012 - Third Europlanet strategic workshop – 4th JSPS/PHC/Sakura meeting - Added link to presentations on the website. - T.W.

Circumstances of Venus coordinated campaigns

Scheduled ground-based observations

Future

Sep. 20, 2013 to Oct. 1, 2013 - Deadline for CFHT/IRTF proposals for obsering runs around 2014 inferior conjunction, in possible coordination with SOIR and VeRa sounding campaigns.

Current

• Ground-based campaign in support of Venus-Express, Jul. 2012 - Jan. 2013

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Prospective coordinated observations scheme, 2013-2016 File:Obs geo venus 2013-2016.pdf|none]] } Venus coordinated campaign, Jul. 2012 - Jan. 2013 File:2012 Campaign.pdf Circumstances of Venus observation from Earth, 2010-2014 File:Venus obs 2011-2014.pdf Archive Ground-based campaign, Jul. 2010 - Jan. 2012 File:2010 Campaign 5.pdf Editable Google spreadsheet for detailed observing circumstances 2010 | Detailed observing circumstances (Editable Google spreadsheet) VEx - ground-based coordination files Current VEx science operations, Jan. 2012 - April 2013, VSOC team : File:VEX-SCIOPS-PO-016 1 F VEX 3rd P3 Extended Overview 2011Nov03.pdf SOIR Files: In order to make it easier for all observers to have access to the observations date & time performed by SOIR on VEX, the SOIR team has built a web tool which allows the user to find past and near-future observations of SOIR corresponding to several search criteria. This tool can be accessed freely with no password needed through our web site at the following address : [1] SOIR solar occultation opportunities in the period 1/1/2012-31/12/2012 are described in the following file: File:SOIR MTP76-MTP86.xls For further details, contact the SOIR Principal Investigator: Ann-Carine Vandaele <A-C.Vandaele@aeronomie.be> Archive Venus observing by NASA-ESA/Hubble Space Telescope : File:HST-soir overlap.txt VEx science operations, Jul. 2010 - Jan. 2012 VEx science operations, Jul. 2010 - Jan. 2012, VSOC team : File:VEX-SCIOPS-PO-014 1 F VEX 3.pdf VeRa Files: File:VeRa OCC Seasons 1-9.xls This file describes all VeRa radio occultations carried out in the period 1/7/2006 - 2/6/2010. For further information contact the VeRa team: Martin Paetzold <Martin.Paetzold@uni-koeln.de>, Bernd Hauesler <Bernd.Haeusler@unibw.de>, and Silvia Tellmann <tellmann@geo.uni-koeln.de> File:VeRa Occultations seasons 10-13.txt This file describes all opportunities for Radio occultations in occultation seasons in January 2011 - November 2012. File kindly provided by Stefan Remus, ESAC. Note that not all radio occultation opportunities are exploited. For further information contact the VeRa team: Martin Paetzold <Martin.Paetzold@uni-koeln.de>, Bernd Hauesler <Bernd.Haeusler@unibw.de>, and Silvia Tellmann <tellmann@geo.uni-koeln.de>. Coordination meetings / meeting sessions Past and future workshops / Meeting sessions July 14-22, 2012 COSPAR session on Venus Exploration (M. Nakamura and H. Svedhem conveners) Science Conference on Comparative Climatology of the Terrestrial Planets, Boulder, June 25-­28, 2012 Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting, 20-25 May, 2012, Makuhari Messe, Japan. Third Europlanet strategic workshop – 4th JSPS/PHC/Sakura meeting - France, Observatoire de Paris and Institut d'Astrophysique, March 5-7, 2012. January 25–26, 2012 - Meeting on Earth-based Balloon Platform for Planetary Observations, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Third JSPS/PHC Sakura meeting, ISAS, Sagamihara Campus, November 21-22, 2011. Meeting agenda: File:3rdmeeting.pdf Meeting minutes/report: File:3rdSakuraReport.pdf VEx Science Working Team Meeting, 16-18 November 2011, Graz, Austria Atmospheric waves workshop, 9-10 November 2011, ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL VEXAG International Venus Workshop, Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar­Hazy Center, Dulles Airport, Washington DC 30 August - 1 September 2011 Second JSPS/PHC Sakura meeting, University of Tokyo, Space science building, December 3, 2010. 2010 VEXAG International Workshop: Venus, Our Closest Earth-like Planet, Madison (USA), 30 August - 2 September 2010 « After-Aussois Venus 2010 » workshop: 1st strategic workshop on Coordinated ground-based measurements and modeling of the Venus atmosphere, Paris, June 28-29, 2010 Venus Conference, Aussois (France), 20-26 June 2010 First JSPS/PHC Sakura meeting, ISAS, Sagamihara Campus, February 23-25, 2010. EPSC/DPS Nantes Oct. 2011 - Venus virtual poster session Machado et al. 2011, Characterization of Venus' cloud top dynamics using ground-based Doppler spectroscopy Peralta et al. 2011, Solar Tides in the Winds of the Southern Polar Region of Venus using VIRTIS-M/VEx Images Sonnabend et al. 2011, Thermospheric/Mesospheric Temperatures on Venus : Comparison between Ground-based High-Resolution Spectroscopy of CO2 and other Techniques Stangier et al. 2011, Investigation of CO2 Absorption Features on Venus Machado et al. 2011 Characterization of Venus' cloud top dynamics using ground-based Doppler spectroscopy File:Machado-Nantes.pdf Peralta et al. 2011 Solar Tides in the Winds of the Southern Polar Region of Venus using VIRTIS-M/VEx Images File:Peralta-Nantes.pdf Sonnabend et al. 2011 Thermospheric/Mesospheric Temperatures on Venus : Comparison between Ground-based High-Resolution Spectroscopy of CO2 and other Techniques File:Sonnabend-Nantes.pdf Stangier et al. 2011 Investigation of CO2 Absorption Features on Venus File:Stangier-Nantes.pdf File:Machado-Nantes.pdf File:Peralta-Nantes.pdf File:Sonnabend-Nantes.pdf File:Stangier-Nantes.pdf Detailed instrumental characteristics Ground-based facilities Clickable map of observatory sites and telescope facilities, with a link to their instruments. Venus Coordinated Campaign, Telescopes sites (editable Google map) <googlemap version="0.9" lat="5.266008" lon="81.5625" type="terrain" zoom="2" controls="large"> http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/venus-atm/2010venus.kml </googlemap> Sunspot Astronomy & Visitor Center APO 3.5-m ARCES Observatorio SOAR Soar Telescope Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre Bernard-Lyot 2-m Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta South African Astronomical Observatory Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) Hanle Observatory HCT National Central University Lulin Observatory LOT Cassegrain SLT R-C 4 TAOS robotic Naroyo Observatory Naroyo 1.6-m telescope NICE IR camera Siding Spring Observatory Anglo-Australian 3.9-m Mount John University Observatory 1 m McLellan MOA 1.8-m 0.6-m Optical Craftsmen 0.6-m Boller & Chivens Mauna Kea Observatory IRTF Keck 10-m CFHT 3.6-m SUBARU JCMT Haleakala Observatory AEOS THIS Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer used at the: - McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope on Kitt Peak in Arizona - IRTF on Mauna Kea Hawaii HIPWAC Heterodyne Instrument for Planetary Wind And Composition at IRTF - HIPWAC team at IRTF Venus Express instruments Instrumentation of Venus Express, Credit: ESA SPICAV/SOIR : Ultraviolet and Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer Atmospheric spectrometry by star or Sun occultation UV 0.11 - 0.3 µm R ~ 300 IR 0.7 - 1.7 µm R ~ 1300 SOIR 2.3 - 4.2 µm R ~ 15000 VeRa : Venus Radio Science Experiment Radio sounding of atmosphere VIRTIS : Ultraviolet/Visible/Near-Infrared mapping spectrometer Spectrographic mapping of atmosphere and surface - VIRTIS-M mapping spectrometer Vis 0.25 - 1.0 µm R ~ 100 - 200 ( IR 1 - 5 µm R ~ 100 - 200 ) - VIRTIS-H High-res 2 - 5 µm R ~ 1000 - 2000 VMC : Venus Monitoring Camera Ultraviolet and visible imaging Filters : UV 0.365 µm Vis 0.513 µm Near - IR1 0.965 µm Near - IR2 1.010 µm More about the Venus Express Instruments Akatsuki instruments Instrumentation of Akatsuki, Credit: JAXA Visit the Akatsuki Website Akatsuki successfully launched at 6:58:22 a.m. on May 21 (Japan Standard Time) ! More about VCO/Akatsuki mission IR1 : 1-micron Camera Low stratus, vapor, active volcanism 1.01 µm cloud (day-night), surface (nightside) IR2 : 2-micron Camera Low stratus, trace gasses, zodiacal light 1.73, 2.26, 2.32 (near-IR) 2.02 (CO2), 1.65 µm UVI : Ultraviolet Imager Cloud-top ultraviolet absorber, SO2 283, 365 nm SO2 - UV absorber (dayside) LIR : Longwave Infrared Camera Cloud-top temperature distribution 10 µm cloud top (day/nightside) LAC : Lightning and Airglow Camera Lightening flash, high-stratus airglow emission Filters 777, 557, 553, 558, 630 nm O2/O airglow (night) lightning (night) More about the Akatsuki Instruments Transit of Venus coordinated campaign, June 5-6, 2012 Planning Venus Twilight / coronagraph experiment : Science background - collaborations - Tutorials for registered users https://venustex.oca.eu/foswiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome Contact times for the transit can be found at: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/venus/city12-2.html Annual mean cloud cover for June : http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipseWeather.html Science references Ehrenreich, D., Vidal-Madjar, A., Widemann, T., Gronoff, G., Tanga, P., Barthélemy, M., Lilensten, J., Lecavelier des Etangs, A. and Arnold, L. 2011, Transmission spectrum of Venus as a transiting exoplanet, accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Tanga, P., Widemann, T., Sicardy, B., Pasachoff, J., Arnaud, J., Comolli, L., Rondi, A., Rondi, S., Suetterlin, P. 2011, Solar light refraction by the Venus mesosphere during the 2004 transit, accepted in Icarus. Pasachoff, J.M., G. Schneider, and T. Widemann 2011, High-Resolution Satellite Imaging of the 2004 Transit of Venus and Asymmetries In the Cytherean Atmosphere, Astronomical Journal, 141, 112. Hedelt, P., R. Alonso, T. Brown, M. Collados Vera, H. Rauer, H. Schleicher, W. Schmidt, F. Schreier, and R. Titz 2011, Venus transit 2004 : Illustrating the capability of exoplanet transmission spectroscopy, A&A 533, A136. Ambastha, A., Ravindra, B. and Gosain, S. 2006, H-alpha observations of 8 june, 2004 Venus transit, Solar Phys. 233:171-184. De, S.S., De, B.K., Adhikari, S.K., Sarkar, B.K., Sarkar, S.K., Guha, A., Mandal, P.K., Mandal, S.K., Sardar, H.P. and Ray, M. 2006, The effect of recent Venus transit on Earth's atmosphere, Ann. Geophys. Vol. 49, N.6, Dec. 2006. Other links Venus Coordinated Campaign logo, Credit: Camille Liegeois VEXAG Venus Exploration and Analysis Group The Venus Exploration Analysis Group, established in 2005, is NASA's community-based forum designed to provide scientific input and technology development plans for planning and prioritizing the exploration of Venus over the next several decades Coordinated Ground-based Venus Observation Campaign (Between 23 May and 9 June 2007 - ESA web site) Venus Ground-Based image Active Archive The Venus ground-based image Active Archive (VAA) allows you to upload and retrieve ground-based Venus observations obtained in infrared, visual or ultraviolet light. The aim of this archive is to complement the Venus Express (VEX) spacecraft observations of Venus with worldwide ground-based images to allow for continuous monitoring of the planet.