23/3/2022

The session “Martian dust and clouds: from lab to space” (TP6) proposed by the RoadMap consortium, has been officially accepted by the Europlanet Science Congress organizers. EPSC will be held in Granada (Spain) from 18 to 23 September 2022.

Martian dust and clouds: from lab to space
Dust and clouds are critical elements in the Martian atmosphere. They control the radiative budget, have an impact on the composition, and affect its dynamical processes.
The aim of this session is to bring together scientists involved in modelling and observing Martian dust and clouds, from the lab to the analysis of space data. We will consider presentations on observations, field and laboratory experiments covering different aspects of dust and clouds, such as aeolian processes, dust lifting, sedimentation, scavenging, nucleation, aggregation, optical properties including scattering characterization, etc., but also on modelling of these processes from the perspective of implementation in radiative transfer codes or Global Circulation models.
Convener: Olga Muñoz
Co-conveners: Jonathan Merrison, Gerhard Wurm, Ann Carine Vandaele, Hannakaisa Lindqvist, Michael Wolff
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08/04/2022

Responding to the initiative of the European Commission’s Director-General for Research and Innovation, asking for your support to researchers from Ukraine, the IASB-BIRA team of RoadMap has expressed its support by announcing research opportunities for researchers or other specialists from Ukraine.

We offer opportunities for traineeship and internship in the "Planetary Atmospheres" research group at the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, located in Brussels (Belgium). The work proposed is in support of the RoadMap H2020 project, including research activities linked to the role of dust and clouds on planetary atmospheres in particular that of Mars (space data analysis, radiative transfer modelling, micro-physics modelling) and IT or software development activities (optimisation of codes, website development, data centre through the web). The positions will be open from April to September. The contracts will be for a duration of one year, renewable.

More information on:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/ua-opportunities

 

The second round of video interviews, presenting three of the RoadMap team's members, have been published on BIRA-IASB's YouTube channel and shared on the Institute's social media. The rest of the interviews with the various team members will be published over the course of December 2021, under the hashtags #RoadMapMarsDust and #RoadMapTeam.

RoadMap Team: Teresa Jardiel (December 10, 2021)

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RoadMap Team: Olga Muñoz (December 10, 2021)

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RoadMap Team:Julia Martikainen (December 10, 2021)

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As part of the efforts to communicate the goals and results of the H2020 RoadMap project to the general public, an animation has been developed and interviews with several of the team members have been recorded. The animation and the general introduction of the RoadMap project, given by Dr Ann Carine Vandaele of the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, have been published on BIRA-IASB's YouTube channel and shared on the Institute's social media. The rest of the interviews with the various team members will be published over the course of December 2021, under the hashtags #RoadMapMarsDust and #RoadMapTeam.

RoadMap Animated Introduction (December 3, 2021)

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Introduction of the project by Dr Ann Carine Vandaele (December 3, 2021)

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