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Venus monitoring camera for Venus express

Markiewicz, W.J. and Titiov, D.V. and Ignatiev, N. and Keller, H.U. and Crisp, D. and Limaye, S.S. and Jaumann, Ralf and Moissl, Richard and Thomas, N. and Esposito, L. and Watanabe, S. and Fiethe, B. and Behnke, T. and Szemerey, I. and Michalik, H. and Perplis, H. and Wedemeier, M. and Sebastian, I. and Boogaerts, W. and Hviid, S.F. and Dierker, C. and Osterloh, B. and Böker, W. and Koch, M. and Michaelis, Harald and Belyaev, D. and Dannenberg, A. and Tschimmel, M. and Russo, P. and Roatsch, T. and Matz, K.D. (2007) Venus monitoring camera for Venus express. Planetary and Space Science, 55, pp. 1701-1711. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.004.

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Abstract

The Venus Express mission will focus on a global investigation of the Venus atmosphere and plasma environment, while additionally measuring some surface properties from orbit. The instruments PFS and SPICAV inherited from the Mars Express mission and VIRTIS from Rosetta form a powerful spectrometric and spectro-imaging payload suite. Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC)—a miniature wideangle camera with 17.51 field of view—was specifically designed and built to complement these experiments and provide imaging context for the whole mission. VMC will take images of Venus in four narrow band filters (365, 513, 965, and 1000 nm) all sharing one CCD. Spatial resolution on the cloud tops will range from 0.2 km/px at pericentre to 45 km/px at apocentre when the full Venus disc will be in the field of view. VMC will fulfill the following science goals: (1) study of the distribution and nature of the unknown UV absorber; (2) determination of the wind field at the cloud tops (70 km) by tracking the UV features; (3) thermal mapping of the surface in the 1 mm transparency ‘‘window’’ on the night side; (4) determination of the global wind field in the main cloud deck (50 km) by tracking near-IR features; (5) study of the lapse rate and H2O content in the lower 6–10 km; (6) mapping O2 night-glow and its variability.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/51323/
Document Type:Article
Title:Venus monitoring camera for Venus express
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Markiewicz, W.J.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Titiov, D.V.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ignatiev, N.Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, RussiaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Keller, H.U.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Crisp, D.JPL, Pasadena, CA, USAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Limaye, S.S.University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jaumann, RalfUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Moissl, RichardMax-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Thomas, N.University of Bern, SwitzerlandUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Esposito, L.Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Watanabe, S.Hokkaido University Sapporo, JapanUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fiethe, B.IDA Technical University BraunschweigUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Behnke, T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Szemerey, I.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Michalik, H.IDA Technical University BraunschweigUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Perplis, H.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wedemeier, M.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sebastian, I.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Boogaerts, W.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hviid, S.F.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dierker, C.IDA Technical University BraunschweigUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Osterloh, B.IDA Technical University BraunschweigUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Böker, W.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Koch, M.IDA Technical University BraunschweigUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Michaelis, HaraldUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Belyaev, D.Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, RussiaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dannenberg, A.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tschimmel, M.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Russo, P.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-LindauUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Roatsch, T.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Matz, K.D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:2007
Journal or Publication Title:Planetary and Space Science
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
Volume:55
DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.004
Page Range:pp. 1701-1711
Editors:
EditorsEmailEditor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Schulz, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Publisher:Elsevier
Status:Published
Keywords:venus, vmc, express, ccd, cloud, Instrument, Atmosphere, Dynamics, Clouds
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old)
HGF - Program:Space (old)
HGF - Program Themes:W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums
DLR - Research area:Space
DLR - Program:W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums
DLR - Research theme (Project):W - Vorhaben Venus Express (old)
Location: Berlin-Adlershof
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Planetary Research
Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geology
Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Sensor Systems
Deposited By: Lindemann, Michael
Deposited On:02 Oct 2007
Last Modified:07 Aug 2017 10:50

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