Programs in Planetary Atmospheres
Planetary Research Areas of Study at AER
Mercury:
- Sodium and Potassium Atmospheres
Venus:
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Dynamics and Radiative Transfer of the Lower Atmosphere
- Photochemistry of the Upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere
- Hydrogen Escape and Evolutionary Implications
Earth/Moon:
- Spatial Distribution of the Geocorona and Hydrogen Escape
- Sodium and Potassium Lunar Atmospheres
Mars:
- Polar Cap Hemispherical Asymmetry
- Cloud-Ozone Radiative Interaction
Jupiter/Io:
- Neutral-Plasma Interactions at Io
- Local and Extended Atmospheres of Io
- General Structure of the Plasma Torus
- Magnetospheric Transport of Iogenic Plasma
Saturn/Titan:
- Hydrogen Distribution and Sources
- Neutral-Plasma Coupling
Uranus:
- Hydrogen Escape and Extended Atmosphere
- Dynamics and Radiative Transfer of the Atmosphere
Neptune/Triton:
- Circumplanetary Distribution of Gases
- Neutral-Plasma Coupling
Pluto/Charon:
- Planet and Satellite Atmospheres
Comets:
- Inner Coma Dynamics
- Extended Cometary Atmosphere
- Ion Tails