As a contribution towards the International Space Year, the Space Agency Forum was formed which studied the properties of Venus and Mars and their relation to the Earth. The object was to better understand our planetary neighbours and how their characteristics may give insight into processes on Earth. The project was carried out at two COSPAR symposia. The first, entitled "Atmospheres of Venus and Mars" included sessions on the ionospheres, thermospheres, middle atmospheres, evidence for lightning, and atmospheric evolution. The results presented in this volume are based on measurements from various planetary spacecraft including Pioneer Venus, Galileo, Venera 15, Phobos 2 and Viking, as well as ground based observations from Earth. The second symposium, "Future Exploration of Mars", included sessions on science issues, data analysis and applications, approved missions, network missions, aeronomy and surface missions and future advanced missions.
As a contribution towards the International Space Year, the Space Agency Forum was formed which studied the properties of Venus and Mars and their relation to the Earth. The object was to better understand our planetary neighbours and how their characteristics may give insight into processes on Earth. The project was carried out at two COSPAR symposia. The first, entitled "Atmospheres of Venus and Mars" included sessions on the ionospheres, thermospheres, middle atmospheres, evidence for lightning, and atmospheric evolution. The results presented in this volume are based on measurements from various planetary spacecraft including Pioneer Venus, Galileo, Venera 15, Phobos 2 and Viking, as well as ground based observations from Earth. The second symposium, "Future Exploration of Mars", included sessions on science issues, data analysis and applications, approved missions, network missions, aeronomy and surface missions and future advanced missions.
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978-0-08-042552-8 (9780080425528)
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Part 1 Atmospheres of Venus and Mars: the solar wind interaction with Venus - a comparison of Galileo and pioneer Venus observations, C.T. Russell; the origin of molecular ions in the martian magnetosphere, K.K. Mahajan et al; comparative thermospheres - Venus and Mars, S.W. Bougher; homopause control by gravity wave breaking in the planetary atmospheres, M.D. Yamanaka; numerical models of the martian coupled thermosphere and ionosphere, C. Winchester and D. Rees; Venus mesosphere radiative transfer simulations on the basis of venera-15 FTIR-experiment, K. Schafer et al; radiative balance in the mesosphere of Venus from the venera-15 infrared spectrometer results, D.V. Titov; water in the deep atmosphere of Venus from high-resolution spectra of the night side, C. de Bergh et al; an assessment of plasma instabilities or planetary lightning as a source for the VLF bursts detected at Venus, R.J. Strangeway; Venus planetary lightning rate as deduced from VLF bursts, C.-M. Ho et al; cosmic ray ionization of lower Venus atmosphere, H.O. Upadhyay and R.N. Singh; Venus lightning - pros and cons, D.M. Hunten; water in the martian atmosphere as relic of recent impacts, M.K. Wallis; planetary loss from light ion escape on Venus, R.E. Hartle and J.M. Grebowsky; generation of Venus' nightside ionospheric structure by particle streams from cosmoids, M. Dubin and R.K. Soberman; plasma expansion layer in the Venus inner ionosheath, H. Perez-de-Tejada et al. Part 2 Future exploration of Mars: outstanding problems in Mars aeronomy, J.G. Luhmann; the "Long Wavelength Radar" on the MARS-94 orbiter, E. Nielsen et al; the Mars environmental survey (MESUR) mission, S.W. Squyres. (part contents).
