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TABLE of CONTENTS Content Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Content Page Welcome 2 General Information 3 Location Map 5 Session Overview 6 Oral Programme - Monday 7 Oral Programme - Tuesday 12 Oral Programme - Wednesday 17 Oral Programme - Thursday 23 Oral Programme - Friday 29 Poster Programme 32 Team Index 43 Author Index 53 1 WELCOME Dear Colleague, proceedings? If so in what format? Please Welcome to the First European Plane- feed back your opinions, either at the Eu- tary Congress. It takes place under the roplanet General Assembly, or to one of auspices of EuroPlaNet and the Euro- the organisers. pean Geosciences Union. There are many EuroPlaNet, with its vision of a strong meetings in the calendar, but not a plan- and interlinked European planetary sci- etary conference with a European focus. ence community has provided the oppor- Given the booming state of planetary sci- tunity to try this experiment. And it is ence in Europe, due in no small part to the an experiment. We are doing our best, current European Space Agency program, but with a huge meeting and a brand new we felt it was time to try one. We are hop- format, we will clearly get some things ing to do something a bit different, and wrong. Some of the workshop and panel more interactive - a forum for discussion, sessions will find a style that works bet- with many workshop and panel sessions, ter than others. We want to learn for next and prominent posters. time, so we welcome constructive feed- When we started on this enterprise, we back! were uncertain how it would work. We Berlin is an attractive city in September. initially thought of a conference centre Please spend some time visiting the many which would hold around 250 delegates. attractions the city has to offer. And please Currently we have nearly 700 abstracts, in continue to support what we hope will be 40 sessions. a great meeting. We wish you a successful So clearly you see a need for the meeting! week, and look forward to seeing you next This prompts some questions. Would you time. like to see this meeting happen every year? Michel Blanc, Ralf Srama, Every two years? Would you like to see a and Manuel Grande 2 GENERAL INFORMATION Location and Conference Address Insurances The European Planetary Science Congress 2006 is held at the The organizers cannot accept liability for personal acci- Estrel Convention Center Berlin in Berlin, Germany, from dent, loss or damage to private property, which may be 18–22 September 2006. The congress is open to the scientists incurred as a result of the participation in the European of all nations. Planetary Science Congress 2006. Participants are, there- fore, advised to arrange appropriate insurance cover. This Congress Centre should extend not only to travel but also to cancellation costs. Estrel Convention Center Sonnenallee 225 12057 Berlin Services Tel.: +49-(0)30/6831-0 WLAN Fax: +49-(0)30/6831-2345 WLAN is available in the Passage Estrelsaal, Foyer Estrel- The Estrel Convention Center is located at the suburban train saal, Estelsaal, ECC4, ECC5, and in the Council Room. station “Sonnenallee" of the lines S41 and S42. Power Sockets are available in the following rooms: Estrel- saal, ECC4, ECC5 and Paris. The entire congress centre is fully accessible for wheel-chairs together with their registration. Message Board Tourist Information Center A message board is located close to the registration & infor- mation desk. Europa-Center Entrance Budapester Straße Photocopies Monday–Saturady, 08:30–20:30 A photocopy machine is available at the registration & Sunday, 10:00–18:30 information desk. Brandenburg Gate Pariser Platz South Wing Registration & Information Desk daily, 09:30–18:00 The registration & information desk is located in the Passage Information points Estrelsaal. Tegel Airport Opening Hours Tavel Center in Main Hall daily, 05:00–22:30 Sunday, 17 September 2006 14:00–20:00 KaDeWe Travel Center, EG Tauentzienstr. 21–24 Monday–Thursday, 18–21 September 2006 Monday–Friday, 09:30–20:00 08:00–18:00 Saturday, 09:00–16:00 Friday, 22 September 2006 08:00–12:00 Rules of Conduct - Smoking is prohibited in the entire congress centre except Scientific Committee in the areas designated for smokers. Co-Chairs - It is prohibited to copy any presentation from the desktops in the lecture rooms. M. Grande - It is prohibited to take photos of any scientific material at M. Blanc the conference. Members R. Srama Official Language N. Thomas The official language of the European Planetary Science E. Kallio Congress 2006 is English. Simultaneous interpretation is A. M. Harri not provided. It is therefore expected that authors are able J. Toporski to present their research more or less fluently in the English M. Coradini language. O. Witasse 3 E. Chassefière Friday, 22 September 2006 H. Lammer Timeblock 1 08:30–10:30 K. Szego Break 1 10:30–11:00 J. P. Lebreton Timeblock 2 11:00–13:00 A. Coustenis Lunch 13:00–14:30 F. Taylor Timeblock 3 14:30–16:30 H. O. Rucker P. Falkner Poster Display Times O. Dutuit Monday, 18 September 2006, 08:00 – Friday, 22 September 2006, 13:00 Local Organizing Committee Author in Attendance Chairs Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 19:00–20:30 R. Srama Thursday, 21 September 2006, 19:00–20:30 M. Grande Posters are located in the Foyer Estrelsaal. Sticky tape is Members available at the registration & information desk. Copernicus GmbH M. Blanc Breaks & Lunch O. Witasse Coffee Breaks H. O. Rucker 10:30–11:00 and 16:30–17:00 F. Spahn T. Spohn Free coffee/tea will be served during the Coffee Breaks. The C. Guidice coffee station is close to the poster area in the Foyer Estrel- N. Krupp saal. F. Taylor Lunch M. Coradini 13:00–14:30 I. Müller-Wodarg There are several restaurants located in the Estrel Convention Center which serve lunch. Oral Sessions Monday–Thursday, 18–21 September 2006 Registration & Abstract Management Timeblock 1 08:30–10:30 Break 1 10:30–11:00 Copernicus GmbH Timeblock 2 11:00–13:00 Max-Planck-Str. 13 Lunch 13:00–14:30 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau Timeblock 3 14:30–16:30 Germany Break 2 16:30–17:00 Tel: +49-5556-91099 Timeblock 4 17:00–19:00 Fax: +49-5556-4709 Timeblock 5 19:00–20:30 [email protected] www.copernicus.org Copernicus Meetings Copernicus Statement on Congress Organizing Copernicus Meetings aims to organize scientific meetings, conferences and workshops as well as corresponding exhibitions in an efficient & innovative way for the benefit of any scientific union, society or organization. Combine our different service packages to fulfill your requirements on http://meetings.copernicus.org 4 Nizza (Press Room) Atrium with restaurants Estrel Reception Desk 30241 (Council Room) (Poster Sessions / Passage Estrelsaal [elevator to 2nd floor] Registration & Information) & Registration Estrel Main Entrance Straßburg & Exhibition) & Foyer EstrelsaalFoyer (Poster Sessions Europlanet #1 Lyon 5 Location Map European Planetary Science Congress 2006 Congress Science Planetary European Estrelsaal Paris ECC4 and ECC5, [stairs to 1st floor] GT5 ON5 ON6 PM5 PM5 MA4 MA4 MT2/N7 ON1/ON2 Straßburg GT7 GT9 MT4 MT4 MT4 OR1 OR2 OR3 MA6 MA6 Paris MT2/N7 MT2/N7 OR3/OR1 ON3/ON4/ON7 PA1 PA1 PA1 PA1 GT4 GT4 GT4 GT4 MT1 MT1 MT1 MA2 MA2 MA2 PM4/PA2 PM4/PA2 PM4/PA2 PM4/PA2 Estrelsaal Open Plenary Assembly and Europlanet General Europlanet #1 PA4 PA6 PA6 SB1 GT8 GT3 GT3 ON6 MA9 MA9 MA1 MA7 MA7 MA1 MA8 ECC5 Session Overview PM2/PA5 PM2/PA5 PM2/PA5 ON3/ON4/ON7 European Planetary Science Congress 2006 6 GT1 GT1 GT2 SB3 SB3 SB2 SB5 SB5 SB4 SB4 MT1 MT3 MA3 MA3 ECC4 ON1/ON2 PM1/PM3 PM1/PM3 Timeblock 08:30-10:30 11:00-13:00 14:30-16:30 17:00-19:00 19:00-20:30 08:30-10:30 11:00-13:00 14:30-16:30 08:30-10:30 11:00-13:00 14:30-16:30 17:00-19:00 14:30-16:30 17:00-19:00 17:00-19:00 08:30-10:30 11:00-13:00 08:30-10:30 11:00-13:00 14:30-16:30 Day Monday Tuesday Thursday Wednesday Friday ORAL PROGRAMME MONDAY Mon Missions and Techniques 15:45–16:00; EPSC2006-A-00038 Chassefière, E.; Aplin, K.; Ferencz, C.; Lopez-Moreno, J.; Tue Leitner, J.; Marty, B.; Roos-Serote, M.; Titov, D.; Wil- MT1 Future Planetary Missions to be proposed in the son, C.; Witasse, O.; THE VEP TEAM cosmic vision framework including exploration missions Post-Venus Express exploration of Venus : an in-situ mission Convener: Chassefiere, E. to characterize Venus climate evolution Co-Convener(s): Vago, J., Muller, C., Coradini, M. 16:00–16:15; EPSC2006-A-00524 Lecture Room: Estrelsaal Korablev, O.; Zasova, L.; Perminov, V.; Ekonomov, A.; Wed Chairperson: N.N. Basilevsky, A.; Gerasimov, M.; Linkin, V.; Rodin, A.; 11:00–11:30; EPSC2006-A-00076 Skalsky, A. Vago, J. L.; Gardini, B.; Baglioni, P.; Kminek, G.; Gian- Venera-D: Russian mission for complex investigation of figlio, G.; ExoMars Project Team Venus Science objectives of ESA’s ExoMars mission (solicited) 16:15–16:30; EPSC2006-A-00346 Thu Gurvits, L.I.; Pogrebenko, S.V.; Avruch, I.M. 11:30–12:00; EPSC2006-A-00158 VLBI as a tool for planetary science missions Falkner, P. Current Highlights on ESA’s Planetary Technology Refer- ence Studies (solicited) 16:30 COFFEE BREAK Fri 12:00–12:15; EPSC2006-A-00592 Spohn, T; Lognonne, P; Dehant, V; Giardini, D; Friis- Chairperson: N.N. Christensen, E; Calcutt, S; the GEP team GEP, A Geophysical and Environemental integrated payload 17:00–17:15; EPSC2006-A-00684 for ExoMars Blanc, M.; Coradini, A.; Drossart, P.; Fouchet, T.; Leblanc, F.; Ori, G.; Prieur, D.; Roos-Serote, M.; 12:15–12:30; EPSC2006-A-00432 Thomas, N.; Westall, F.; Jupiter-Europa Harri, A.-M; Pellinen, R.; Uspensky, M.; Linkin, V.; A mission to Europa and the Jupiter System for the Cosmic Lipatov, A.; Vorontsov, V.; Polyakov, A.; Savijarvi, H.
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