Mon, Nov 10, 2008
Meeting Comes To US After Two Years In Europe
More than 150 Mars atmosphere
experts from the US, Canada and Europe will be in Williamsburg, VA
for a NASA sponsored workshop focusing on atmospheric conditions on
Mars.
NASA's Langley Research Center in nearby Hampton, VA will host
the four-day workshop, November 10-13, at The Woodlands Hotel and
Conference Center in Colonial Williamsburg. The goal of the Third
International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and
Observations is to bring together experts on the Mars atmosphere
and climate system.
Scientific interest in Mars is due in large part to its
atmosphere, which has shaped its history and surface. This may have
created past climate conditions that were suitable for sustaining
surface liquid water and possibly life. The study of the Martian
atmosphere and comparing its meteorology or weather conditions to
Earth's is also of great interest to scientists who hope to better
understand our atmosphere and improve our knowledge of the Martian
environment for future robotic and human missions.
The workshop co-organizers and co-chairs are Joel Levine from
the NASA Langley science directorate and Francois Forget from the
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, France. Workshop sponsors
are the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston; the Centre National
d'Etudies Spatial (the French space agency); and NASA's Mars
Exploration Program and the Mars Program Office at the Jet
Propulsion.
The Williamsburg workshop is the first time that this meeting
will take place in the US. The previous two meetings took place in
Europe. More than 130 talks and poster presentations will be
presented at the workshop.
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