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    Second Mars Advanced School in China - programme

    Programme for the Second Mars Advanced School in China
    Weihai, Shandong Province
    12-22 September 2011

     

    Day 0: Sunday 11 September 2011
    Evening Briefing for European lecturers Agustin Chicarro
    Day 1: Monday 12 September 2011
    Morning

    Mars School opening ceremony
    Introduction of all lecturers

    Guoping Li (CNSA Deputy Director General)
    Agustin Chicarro

    Afternoon

    Overview of the Yinghuo-1 Mars mission
    China's science programme
    ESA’s science programme

    Ji Wu
     
    Ji Wu
    Agustin Chicarro

    Evening

    Shandong University research activities
    Visit of Shandong University Observatory

     Lidong Xia
    Day 2: Tuesday 13 September 2011
    Morning Mars Interior-1: Interior structure and composition
    Mars Interior-2: Mantle dynamics and chemical evolution
    Doris Breuer
     
    Doris Breuer
    Afternoon Mars Geology-1: Geologic endogenic processes
    Mars Geology-2: Geologic exogenic processes
    Damien Loizeau
     
    Damien Loizeau
    Evening Gravity measurements with Yinghuo-1 in equatorial orbit Cheng-Li Huang
    Day 3: Wednesday 14 September 2011
    Morning Mars Interior-3: Magnetism and magnetic field generation
    Mars Interior-4: Convection and the link to magmatism
    Doris Breuer
     
    Doris Breuer
    Afternoon Mars Geology-3: Impact cratering on terrestrial planets
    Mars Geology-4: Searching for landing sites on Mars

    Damien Loizeau
     
    Damien Loizeau

    Day 4: Thursday 15 September 2011
    Morning Mineralogy-1: Principles of spectroscopy
    Mineralogy-2: Mineralogy and Mars evolution
    Patrick Pinet
     
    Patrick Pinet
    Afternoon Astrobiology-1: Planet habitability and origins of life
    Astrobiology-2: Extremophiles and the search for life
    Frances Westall
     
    Frances Westall
    Evening Geological treasures of East Asia Agustin Chicarro
    Day 5: Friday 16 September 2011
    Morning Mineralogy-3: Planetary regolith
    Mineralogy-4: Optical properties and surface changes
    Patrick Pinet
    Patrick Pinet
    Afternoon Astrobiology-3: Evolution of life on Earth
    Astrobiology-4: Search for traces of life on Mars
    Frances Westall
     
    Frances Westall
    Evening Ice-related morphological features on Mars
    Field trip photography along the Silk Road
    Han Li
     
    Han Li
    Day 6: Saturday 17 September 2011
    All day Excursion to Liugong Island (All)
    Day 7: Sunday 18 September 2011
    All day Excursion to Penglai and Yantai (All)
    Day 8: Monday 19 September 2011
    Morning Instrumentation-1: Space plasma instrumentation
    Instrumentation-2: Instrument development
    Stas Barabash
     
    Stas Barabash
    Afternoon

    Magnetic field investigations with YH-1 spacecraft
    Martian radio occultation experiments with YH-1

    Hua Zhao
     
    Xiong Hu

    Evening

    Martian space plasma measurements with YH-1
    Exercises and Practice

    Lei Li (given by Hua Zhao)
    Day 9: Tuesday 20 September 2011
    Morning Instrumentation-3: Planetary landers and atmospheric probes
    Instrumentation-4: The Phobos-Grunt mission
    Stas Barabash
     
    Stas Barabash
    Afternoon ESA's Mars exploration missions
    Comparative planetology: Terrestrial planets
    Agustin Chicarro
    Agustin Chicarro
    Evening Visit of School of Space Sciences and Applied Physics (Shandong University at Weihai) (ALL)
    Day 10: Wednesday 21 September 2011
    Morning Atmosphere-1: Atmospheric structure and dynamics
    Atmosphere-2: Atmospheric chemistry and cycles

    Eric Chassefière
     
    Eric Chassefière

    PDF
     
    PDF

    Afternoon Aeronomy-1: The ionosphere of Mars
    Aeronomy-2: The Mars-solar wind interaction
    Andrew Coates
     
    Andrew Coates

    PDF
     
    PDF

    Evening

    Space weather effects at Mars
     
    Geology of the Hellas Basin, Mars

    Wing-Huen Ip (given by A. Coates)
    Li-Ching Huang

     
    Day 11: Thursday 22 September 2011
    Morning Atmosphere-3: Climates of Mars and Venus
    Atmosphere-4: Methane on Mars

    Eric Chassefière
     
    Eric Chassefière

    PDF
     
    PDF

    Afternoon Aeronomy-3: Atmospheric escape
    Aeronomy-4: Comparative plasma interactions

    Andrew Coates

    Andrew Coates

    PDF

    PDF

    Evening Distribution of certificates and Farewell (All)  

     

    Lecturers

    Europe

    Agustin F. Chicarro ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands
    Andrew J. Coates UCL-MSSL, Surrey, U.K.
    Doris Breuer DLR, Berlin, Germany
    Damien Loizeau ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands
    Eric Chassefière Univ. Paris XI at Orsay, France
    Frances Westall CNRS, Orléans, France
    Patrick Pinet CNRS, Toulouse, France
    Stas Barabash IRF, Kiruna, Sweden

     

    China

    Ji Wu CSSAR, Beijing, CAS
    Lidong Xia Shandong University at Weihai
    Cheng-Li Huang SHAO, Shanghai, CAS
    Han Li NAOC, Beijing, CAS
    Hua Zhao CSSAR, Beijing, CAS
    Xiong Hu CSSAR, Beijing, CAS
    Lei Li CSSAR, Beijing, CAS
    Wing-Huen Ip NCU, Taiwan
    Li-Ching Huang NCU, Taiwan

     

    Acronyms

    ESA European Space Agency
    ESTEC European Space Research and Technology Centre (Netherlands)
    DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Germany)
    CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
    UCL-MSSL University College London/Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UK)
    IRF Institutet för Rymdfysik (Sweden)
    CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences
    CSSAR Center for Space Science and Applied Research, CAS, Beijing
    SHAO Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS, Shanghai
    NAOC National Astronomical Observatories of China, CAS, Beijing
    NCU National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

     

    Teaching Languages

    European lecturers: English
    Chinese lecturers: Chinese

    Organisers

    Academic issues: Agustin Chicarro (ESA)
    Logistical issues: Zhou Yi (CSSAR)

    Contrary to Chinese tradition, here we have followed European practice whereby given name comes first then family name for both European and Chinese lecturers.


    Last Update: 08 August 2012

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