THE WEATHER IN GALE CRATER ● Gale atmospheric Evolution along the first two Years on Mars of using REMS-MSL Data J. Gómez-Elvira, I. Carrasco, A. Lepinette, M. Marín, L. Mora, S. Navarro, V. Peinado, J. Pla-Garcia, J. Torres, D. Viúdez-Moreiras, R. Urqui, M. de la Torre, C. Newman, G. M. Martínez, A-M. Harri, M. Genzer and the REMS team ● An Overview of the Dust, CO2 and Water Cycles on Mars as Revealed from In-Situ Environmental Data from the Viking to the Curiosity Rover G. M. Martínez, A. De Vicente-Retortillo, A. G. Fairén, E. Fischer, M. Genzer, S. D. Guzewich, R. M. Haberle, A.-M. Harri, O. Kemppinen, M. Lemmon, C. Newman, N. Renno, M. Richardson, M. D. Smith, M. Torre-Juárez, A. R. Vasavada 11:20 -11:50 : Coffee break Tuesday, 11:50 - 13:30: Chair: Sandrine Guerlet ● Gale Wind Speed Weibull Distribution Based on the First Two Years of REMS Wind Data D. Viúdez-Moreiras, J. Gómez-Elvira, C. Newman, S. Navarro, M. Marin and the REMS team Poster in this session: Observations and Simulations of Martian Weather, a Perspective with Data from Program MSL Curiosity Oral presentations are 15 minutes long (12 mn + 3mn questions) I. Ordonez-Etxeberria, R. Hueso, A. Sánchez-Lavega. UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS WITH MODELS ● Topographic Circulations on Mars: Surface Pressure, Convective Boundary Layers and Network Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Implications D. Tyler, J. R. Barnes, R. J. Wilson, J. Murphy ● Assessing atmospheric thermal Forcing from surface Pressure Data: Separating thermal Tides and local Registration: 9:00 - 9:30 Topographic Influence Tuesday, 9:30- 11:20 R. J. Wilson, J. M. Murphy, D. Tyler, ● Welcoming remarks. ● A Climatological Description of MCS and MCD Thermal Profiles Using a Cluster Analysis M. A. Lopez-Valverde, A. Cala-Hurtado, S. Jimenez-Monferrer, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, L. Montabone, E. MARS METEOROLOGY: AN OVERVIEW & GENERAL ATTRIBUTES Millour, T. Navarro, F. Forget, G. Marzo, S. Fonti Chair: Mike Wolff ● Major Challenges in Mars Climate Modeling: Dust, Clouds and Waves NEW LOCAL AND GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS F. Forget, C. Wang, A. Pottier, E. Millour, G. Gilli, M. Vals, V. Zakharov, A. Spiga, T. Navarro, L. Montabone. ● Atmospheric Mars Entry and Landing Investigations & Analysis (AMELIA) by ExoMars 2016 Schiaparelli Entry Descent Module ● The Challenge of Atmospheric Data Assimilation : Illustration with the LMD GCM, MCS Observations F. Ferri, O. Karatekin, A. Aboudan, B. VanHove, C. Bettanini, G. Colombatti, S. Debei, N. Gerbal, S. and a Kalman Filter Method Lewis, F. Forget T. Navarro, E. Millour and F. Forget Poster in this session: Eddy Diffusivity Mass Flux Parameterization for Non-Dusty Martian Boundary ● Global UV Imaging by MAVEN/IUVS: Diurnal Cloud Formation, Dust Storms and Atmospheric Layers: A Progress Report Scattering N.G. Heavens, M.L. Witek, C.E. Newman N. M. Schneider, J. I. Deighan, S. K. Jain, A. D. Derks, M. S. Chaffin, M. Crismani, A. I. F. Stewart, W. E. McClintock, G. M. Holsclaw, B. M. Jakosky, F. Lefèvre, F. Montmessin, M. J. Wolff, A. Stiepen, M. H. Poster in this session: Interoperable Mars Atmosphere Data Services Stevens, J. S. Evans, R. V. Yelle, D. Y. Lo, J. T. Clarke S. Erard, Z. Yin, B. Cecconi, E. Millou, A. Määttänen, P. Le Sidaner, ● MCS Observations of the Weather and Climate of Martian Northern Spring and Summer 13:30 - 15:30: Lunch break D. M. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, P. O. Hayne, D. J. McCleese, J. T. Schofield, N. G. Heavens Tuesday, 15:30 - 17:00 ● Comparisons of Observations and Simulations of the Mars Polar Atmosphere Chair: Håkan Svedhem D. J. McCleese, A. Kleinboehl, D. M. Kass, J. T. Schofield, R. J. Wilson, S. Greybush MARS EXPRESS: ALIVE AND KICKING Poster in this session: In-situ atmospheric observations from heat shield pressure data: application to Mars Science Laboratory entry flight, status of ExoMars analysis. ● MARS EXPRESS: Mission Status, Recent Findings and future Plans B. Van Hove and O. Karatekin D. Titov, A. Cardesin, P. Martin, T. Duxbury, F. Forget, M. Giuranna, F. González-Galindo, M. Holmström, R. Jaumann, A.Määttänen, F. Montmessin , R. Jaumann, R. Orosei, M. Pätzold, J. Plaut, and MEX SGS Team. ● A “New” Scientific Camera around Mars, Getting Science with Visual Monitoring Camera onboard Mars Express Wednesday, January 18, 2017 A. Cardesín Moinelo, A. Sánchez-Lavega, M. Almeida, D. Titov. , S. Wood, T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia, H. Chen Chen, R. Hueso, M Breitfellner, E. Grotheer and P. Martin. Wednesday, 10:00- 11:30 ● 12 Years of atmospheric Monitoring by the planetary Fourier Spectrometer onboard Mars Express Chair: Roland Young Marco Giuranna, P. Wolkenberg, D. Grassi, A. Aronica, S. Aoki, V. Formisano, D. Scaccabarozzi, B. Saggin GRAVITY WAVES: A KEY PROCESS IN THE MARS ATMOSPHERE? Poster in this session: Still unexploited atmospheric OMEGA/MEx Observations ● Study of Gravity Waves Distribution and Propagation in the Thermosphere of Mars based on Mars B. Gondet, J.-P. Bibring, M. Vincendon Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter And MAVEN Density Measurements M. Vals, F. Forget, A. Spiga, L. Montabone, E. Millour MARS ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION AND DYNAMICS ● Gravity Waves and their Effects from the Martian Troposphere to Thermosphere ● Mars in Context: Comparative Atmospheric Circulation of Terrestrial Planets A. S. Medvedev, E. Yiğit, T. Kuroda, Ch. Mockel, P. Hartogh P. L. Read, F. Tabataba-Vakili, A. Valeanu, Y. Wang, R. M. B. Young ● Simulation of Gravity Wave Fields and Their Effects on the Large-scale Flow in the Martian Atmosphere ● Forced & Free Atmospheric Waves in MRO/MCS Data: Observations and E-P Flux Divergences Using a High-resolution General Circulation Model D. Banfield and the MCS Science Team. T. Kuroda, A.S. Medvedev, P. Hartogh, E. Yiğit 17:00 - 17:30 : Tea break ● On the Impact of Non-Orographic Gravity Waves in the LMD Mars Global Climate Model Tuesday, 17:30 - 19:00 G. Gilli, F. Forget, A. Spiga, T. Navarro, L. Montabone, E. Millour. Chair: Michael Battalio ● Sensitivity of Radiatively Active Water Ice Clouds on Gravity Wave Drag in the GEM-Mars GCM L. Neary, F. Daerden ● Detection of Northern Hemisphere Transient Baroclinic Eddies at Gale Crater Mars R.M. Haberle, M.A. Kahre, M. De La Torre, D.M. Kass, J.R. Barnes Announcement : The book “The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars” (Cambridge University Press) will be released in 2017 ● Extratropical Weather Systems on Mars: Radiatively-Active Water Ice Cloud Effects R. M. Haberle, R. T. Clancy, F. Forget, M. D. Smith, R. W. Zurek and all the book authors. J.L. Hollingsworth, M.A. Kahre, R.M. Haberle, R.A. Urata, F. Montmessin . 11:30 - 12:00 : Coffee break ● Traveling Weather Systems in the Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS) Steven J. Greybush, R. J. Wilson, H. Gillespie, E. Kalnay, M. Wespetal, T. Nehrkorn, S. M. Leidner, R. Wednesday, 12:00 - 13:40: Hoffman Chair: Armin Kleinboehl ● Mars’ Annular Polar Vortices: Cause and Stability THE DUST “CYCLE” (I.E. IS IT EVEN PERIODIC?) D. W. Waugh, A. D. Toigo, S. D. Guzewich, W. J. M. Seviour, R. K. Scott DUST IN GALE CRATER ● Ertel Potential Vorticity, Bernoulli Streamfunction, Planetary-Scale Hydraulic Jumps, and Transonic Jet- Streaks in a Re-Analysis of the Martian Atmosphere ● Aerosol Optical Depth as Observed by the Mars Science Laboratory REMS UV Photodiodes Stephen R. Lewis, Timothy E. Dowling, Mary Elizabeth Bradley, Peter L. Read M. D. Smith, M.-P. Zorzano, M. Lemmon, J. Martín-Torres, T. Mendaza de Cal Poster in this session. Eddy Energetics of the Southern Hemisphere of Mars from the Mars Analysis ● Variability of Dust Aerosol Particle Size at Gale Crater Using Mastcam and REMS UV Measurements Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) A. De Vicente-Retortillo, G. M. Martínez, N. O. Renno, M. T. Lemmon, M. de la Torre-Juárez J. M. Battalio, I. Szunyogh and M. Lemmon. ● Dust Devils and Convective Vortices detected by MSL Poster in this session. Transient Eddies in the Mars Atmosphere: Two Regimes H. Kahanpää, C. Newman, J. Moores, M.-P. Zorzano, S. Navarro, A. Lepinette, J. Martín-Torres, P. J.R. Barnes. Valentín-Serrano, B. Cantor, M. T. Lemmon, A. Ullán, W. Schmidt Poster in this session. Wavenumber-Frequency Spectra of Atmospheric Temperature, Zonal and Poster in this session: A Quick Look Estimation of Optical Depth Measurements from the Rover Meridional Winds in Low Latitudes on Mars Environmental Monitoring Station Ultraviolet Sensors K. Ogohara E. Mason, M. Lemmon, M. de la Torre, M. Smith Poster in this session. Spectrally resolved energetics of the Martian atmosphere Poster in this session: Dust on Mars From Navcam and Hazcam Images on MSL A. M. Valeanu, P.L. Read, F. Tabataba-Vakili, and L. Montabone Hao Chen-Chen , Santiago Pérez-Hoyos, Agustín Sánchez-Lavega. 19:00 End of session Poster in this session: The Mars Science Laboratory Dust Storm Campaign Evening event: "Flamenco show and dinner" at Peña la Platería (Placeta de Toqueros, 7) in the S. D. Guzewich, C.E. Newman,M. de la Torre, M. Lemmon, E. Mason, M. Battalio,M-P. Zorzano Mier, J. Albaizin quarter (details given at the conference) Moores, C.A. Moore, J. L. Kloos, G.M. Martinez, M.D. Smith, and the MSL Science Team DUST OBSERVATIONS FROM ORBIT Poster in this session. Prevailing Dust Storms Over the Hellas Basin on Mars Around Southern Spring Equinox ● Characterization of Dust Activity from MY27 to MY32 Observed by PFS-MEx K. C. Chow and K. L. Chan. P. Wolkenberg, M. Giuranna, S. Aoki, A. Mahieux Poster in this session: High Resolution Simulations of Dust Devils and Global Circulation of the ● On the Dustiest Locations on Mars from Observations L. Montabone, B. Cantor, F. Forget, D. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, M. D. Smith, M. J. Wolff Martian atmosphere Y.