Methane on Mars Workshop 2009
Programme, Presentations and Abstract book
Workshop on Methane on Mars:
Current Observations, Interpretation and Future Plans
25-27 November 2009
ESA/ESRIN in Frascati, Italy
Contact point: owitasse
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Direct link to this page:
http://sci.esa.int/marsmethane2009
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| Group photo of the attendees at the Methane on Mars workshop 2009 |
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This page holds the workshop programme. The presentations given at the workshop are now available in PDF format. They can be downloaded by clicking on the corresponding "PDF" link in the programme table below, in the right-most column. The workshop abstract book can be downloaded by clicking on the image to the right (PDF file, 6.3 Mb). For the complete workshop details, please see the workshop home page linked from the right-hand menu. |
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Wednesday 25 November 2009
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Registration & Welcome |
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| 09:00-10:00 | Registration, posters set up, coffee | |||||
| 09:45-10:00 | Welcome and opening (ESA, ASI) | |||||
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Session 1: Observations of methane from orbit |
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| Moderator: O. Witasse | ||||||
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The ESA/NASA ExoMars Programme Coradini, M. |
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| 10:00-10:35 |
Methane observations with PFS-MEX: an introductory historical overview, multiline observations and limb measurements (solicited) Formisano, V. |
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| 10:35-10:50 |
PFS-MEX: Mapping methane in Martian atmosphere Geminale, A. Note: Presentation not available. Please contact A. Geminale and/or V. Formisano. |
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| 10:50-11:05 |
Spatial distribution and temporal evolution of methane in the Martian atmosphere Fonti, S. |
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Session 2: Ground-based observations of methane |
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| Moderator: O. Witasse | ||||||
| 11:05-11:25 |
Absolute measurements of Methane on Mars (solicited) Mumma, M. |
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| 11:25-11:45 |
Methane and water on Mars: Maps of active regions and their seasonal variability (solicited) Villanueva, G. |
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| 11:45-12:15 | Coffee break | |||||
| 12:15-12:35 |
Measurement of the isotopic signatures of water on Mars: implications for studying methane (solicited) Novak, P. |
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| 12:35-12:40 | Poster presentation (3 minutes): | |||||
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| Session 3: Martian surface and subsurface data, and laboratory measurements relevant to the study of methane | ||||||
| Moderator: C. Webster | ||||||
| 12:40-12:55 |
Mapping ice deposits on Mars through subsurface radar sounding (solicited) Orosei, R. |
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| 12:55-13:15 |
Morphology and Mineralogy of Methane Source Regions (solicited) Wray, J. |
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| 13:15-13:30 |
The search for methane gas emission features in Nili Fossae, Syrtis Major, and Isidis Planitia, Mars Komatsu, G. |
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| 13:40 | Lunch | |||||
| 14:50-15:15 |
Surface conditions from thermodynamics of phyllosilicates and implications for the presence of methane on early Mars (solicited) Chevrier, V. |
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| 15:15-15:35 |
Laboratory investigation of the role of heterogeneous processes in Martian methane variability (solicited) Gough, R. |
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| 15:35-16:25 | Discussion on the data sets available (from orbit, ground-based measurements, laboratory measurements, other data sets of interest) | |||||
| 16:25-16:55 | Coffee break | |||||
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Session 4: Origin of Martian methane |
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| Moderator: S. Atreya | ||||||
| 16:55-17:20 |
Methane and the Martian Habitability (solicited) Atreya, S. |
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| 17:20-17:40 |
Production on Mars by photolysis of H2O in the presence of CO (solicited) Bar-Nun, A. |
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| 18:00-18:20 |
Methane Sources and Sinks: The geobiology of the Arctic versus Mars (solicited) Onstott, T. |
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| 18:30-19:30 | Welcome reception | |||||
Thursday 26 November 2009
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Session 5: Storage, release, and delivery of methane |
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| Moderator: V. Chevrier | |||||
| 09:00-09:15 |
Methane reservoirs on Mars: A story of migration, gas hydrates, traps, and a long production cycle Ori, G. |
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| 09:15-09:35 |
Methane Emissions from Earth's Degassing: a Reference for Mars (solicited) Etiope, G. |
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| 09:35-09:50 |
Methane hydrates: A source for slow methane release on Mars? (solicited) Elwood-Madden, M. |
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| 09:55-10:15 |
Metastable Methane Clathrate Particles as a Source of Methane to the Martian Atmosphere (solicited) Chassefière, E. |
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| 10:25-11:00 | Discussion on origin, storage, release, and delivery of methane | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | ||||
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Session 6: Atmospheric circulation and chemistry |
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| Moderator: F. Forget and F. Lefèvre | |||||
| 11:30-11:50 |
Challenges raised by the observed variations of methane on Mars (solicited) Lefèvre, F. |
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| 11:50-12:05 |
A short-Lived Trace Gas in the Martian Atmosphere: A General Circulation Model of the Likelihood of Methane Chizek, M. R. |
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| 12:05-12:20 |
Argon: The Mixing Standard for Methane in Mars Atmosphere Sprague, A. L. |
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| 12:20-12:35 |
The spatial and temporal variation of oxidant component in the Martian atmosphere observed by MEX/PFS Aoki, S. |
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| 12:35-12:50 |
Unusual CO behaviour in Martian atmosphere: a relation to methane? Formisano, V. |
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| 12:50-13:05 |
Photochemically induced formation of Mars-relevant oxygenates and methane from carbon dioxide and water Wecks, M. |
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| 13:25-13:50 | Discussion on the atmosphere circulation and chemistry | ||||
| 13:50 | Lunch | ||||
| Session 7: Microbial life, metabolism in water ice, and biological experiments under Martian conditions | |||||
| Moderator: B. Price | |||||
| 14:55-15:15 |
Microbial Life in Ice: Habitats, Metabolism, and Survival on Mars (solicited) Price, B. |
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| 15:15-15:30 |
Methanogenesis on Earth Today: Where, Who and How Prieur, D. |
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| 15:30-15:45 |
The possibility of methane oxidation coupled to microbial perchlorate respiration Coates, J. D. |
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| 15:45-16:00 |
A sub-zero high Arctic methane seep: implications for Mars methane Whyte, L. |
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| 16:00-17:30 | Coffee break and poster session | ||||
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High Spectral resolution heterodyne spectroscopy of methane at 7.8 µm Sonnabend, G. |
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Abiotic methanogenesis carbonate reduction by hydrogen-bearing fluids: a mechanism for Martian methane Lazar, C. |
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Variability of Atmospheric Methane Induced by Adsorption in the Regolith Meslin, P.-Y. |
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The photochemistry and atmospheric lifetime of methane on Mars for evolving atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and the variability of the Mars planetary boundary layer (PBL) based on measurements from the Viking 1 and 2 landers, Mars Pathfinder and Phoenix Levine, J. |
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Search for important minor gases in Martian atmosphere Geminale, A. |
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Search for hydrogen peroxide in the Martian atmosphere Formisano, V. |
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Search of SO2 in the Martian atmosphere by ground-based submillimeter observation Nakagawa, H. |
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The Formaldehyde Observation of 1969 and 1989: Analyses of the Observations and Proposals for Interpretation Muller, C. |
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Growth and Biomediated Mineral Alterations by Methanogens under Geochemical Conditions Similar to the Martian Subsurface Chastain, B. K. |
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Determination of the surface concentrations of methane on Mars with MOMA Steininger, H. |
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Using Laser Heterodyne Radiometry to Search for Methane on Mars Passmore, R.L. |
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Robotic rigid vacuum airship for exploration of Mars Pahari, S. |
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Detecting and characterizing Martian dust using spectropolarimeter SPEX Stam, D. |
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Possible Influences of Aerosol Loading on the Measured Columns of Martian Atmospheric Constituents Including Methane Muller, C. |
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| Dinner |
Friday 27 November 2009
| Session 7 (cont.): Microbial life, metabolism in water ice, and biological experiments under Martian conditions | |||||
| Moderator: B. Price | |||||
| 09:00-09:20 |
Methanogens: A Model for Life on Mars (solicited) Kral, T. |
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| 09:20-09:35 |
Methanogenic Activity in Rio Tinto, a Terrestrial Analogue of Mars Amils, R. |
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| 09:35-09:50 |
Bacterial survival in Martian conditions Galletta, G. |
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Zero-Valent Iron on Mars: an Alternate Energy Source for Methanogens Chastain, B. K. |
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| 10:15-11:00 | Discussion on microbial life | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | ||||
| Session 8: Future measurements of methane, related trace gases, and isotopes | |||||
| Moderators: A. Chicarro and R. Zurek | |||||
| 11:30-11:50 |
Future in situ methane and related trace gas and isotope measurements with the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite of the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) (solicited) Mahaffy, P. |
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| 11:50-12:10 |
Measuring Methane and its Isotopic Ratios 13C/12C and D/H With the Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) on the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mission (solicited) Webster, C. |
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| 12:10-12:25 |
Studying methane and other trace species in the Mars atmosphere using a SOIR instrument Drummond, R. |
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| 12:25-12:45 |
A New Mission Concept: The Search for Atmospheric Trace Gases in the Mars Atmospheric (solicited) Zurek, R. |
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| 13:05-13:40 | Discussion on future measurements | ||||
| 13:40 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:50-16:00 |
General discussion, conclusions, closure of the symposium S. Atreya, F. Forget and O. Witasse |
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Participants
| Name | Organisation | Country |
| Amils, Ricardo | Centro de Astrobiologia | Spain |
| Atreya, Sushil | Univ. Michigan | United States |
| Bar-Nun, Akiva | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
| Becker, Luann | Johns Hopkins University | United States |
| Bellucci, Giancarlo | INAF-IFSI | Italy |
| Bertaux, Jean-Loup | LATMOS/CNRS | France |
| Bibring, Jean-Pierre | IAS | France |
| Biondi, David | INAF | Italy |
| Blanco, Armando | University of Salento | Italy |
| Bowles, Neil | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Chassefière, Eric | LATMOS | France |
| Chastain, Brendon | University of Arkansas | United States |
| Chicarro, Agustin | ESA-ESTEC | Netherlands |
| Chizek, Malynda | New Mexico State University | United States |
| Coates, John D. | University of California, Berkeley | United States |
| Coll, Patrice | LISA - University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot | France |
| Coradini, Marcello | ESA-Paris | France |
| Daerden, Frank | BIRA-IASB | Belgium |
| De Angelis, Giovanni | DLR - German Aerospace Center | Germany |
| Del Vecchio Blanco, Carlo | Italian Space Agency | Italy |
| Drummond, Rachel | BIRA | Belgium |
| Elwood Madden, Megan | University of Oklahoma | United States |
| Etiope, Giuseppe | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | Italy |
| Fedorova, Anna | Space Research Institute (IKI RAS) | Russian Federation |
| Flamini, Enrico | ASI | Italy |
| Fonti, Sergio | Università del Salento | Italy |
| Forget, Francois | LMD/CNRS | France |
| Formisano, Vittorio | IFSI-INAF | Italy |
| Geminale, Anna | IFSI-INAF | Italy |
| Giuranna, Marco | INAF | Italy |
| Galletta, Giuseppe | Università di Padova | Italy |
| Gough, Raina | University of Colorado | United States |
| Gondet, Brigitte | IAS | France |
| Graziani, Adele | ASI | Italy |
| Guruprasad, M.R. | Indian Institute of Science | India |
| Isakeit, Dieter | ESA-ESRIN | Italy |
| Kaeufl, Hans Ulrich | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Keheyan, Yeghis | CNR | Italy |
| Khakurel, Krishna Prasad | Trichandra College | Nepal |
| Khan, Michael | VCS Aktiengesellschaft, ESOC | Germany |
| Komatsu, Goro | IRSPS | Italy |
| Korablev, Oleg | Space Research Institute (IKI RAS) | Russian Federation |
| Kral, Timothy | University of Arkansas | United States |
| Lazar, Codi | University of California - Los Angeles | United States |
| Lebeuf, Martin | Canadian Space Agency | Canada |
| Lefèvre, Franck | CNRS | France |
| Levine, Joel | NASA Langley Research Center | United States |
| Lundin, R. | IRF | Sweden |
| Maattanen, Anni | LATMOS, CNRS/UVSQ | France |
| Martino, Luca | Serco | Italy |
| Matsui, Takafumi | Planetary Exploration Research Center | Japan |
| Mattana, Andrea | INAF | Italy |
| McCaughrean, Mark | ESA-ESTEC | Netherlands |
| Meslin, Pierre Yves | Paris University | France |
| Montmessin, Franck | LATMOS/CNRS | France |
| Moreau, Didier | Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy | Belgium |
| Muller, Christian | BIRA-IASB-BUSOC | Belgium |
| Mumma, Michael | NASA/GSFC | United States |
| Nakagawa, Hiromu | Tohoku University | Japan |
| Neary, Lori | Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy | Belgium |
| Noblet, Audrey | LISA Université Paris | France |
| Novak, Robert | Iona College | United States |
| Onstott, Tullis | Princeton University | United States |
| Ori, Gian Gabriele | IRSPS | Italy |
| Orosei, Roberto | Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica | Italy |
| Palomba, Ernesto | INAF IFSI | Italy |
| Passmore, Richard | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Pirrotta, Simone | Italian Space Agency | Italy |
| Poulet, Francois | I.A.S. | France |
| Price, Buford | University of California | United States |
| Prieur, Daniel | University of Brest | France |
| Ransom, Martin | Go Ariane | France |
| Ridder, Nina Nadine | ESA | Netherlands |
| Salati, Mario | ASI | Italy |
| Sanderson, Katharine | Nature | United Kingdom |
| Sattler, Birgit | University of Innsbruck | Austria |
| Sindoni, Giuseppe | IFSI-INAF | Italy |
| Smit, Martijn | SRON Space Research | Netherlands |
| Sonnabend, Guido | University of Cologne | Germany |
| Stam, Daphne | SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research | Netherlands |
| Steininger, Harald | Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research | Germany |
| Stupar, Dusan | University of Cologne | Germany |
| Vago, Jorge L. | European Space Agency | Netherlands |
| Vandaele, Ann C. | Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy | Belgium |
| Villanueva, Geronimo | NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center | United States |
| Vincent, Chevrier | University of Arkansas | United States |
| Webster, Chris | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States |
| Wecks, Mike | Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie | Germany |
| Whyte, Lyle | McGill University | Canada |
| Witasse, Olivier | ESA-ESTEC | Netherlands |
| Wolkenberg, Paulina | IFSI-INAF | Italy |
| Wray, James | Cornell University | United States |
| Zegers, Tanja | Aurora, ESA | Netherlands |
| Zurek, Richard | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States |
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More than 90 participants attended the workshop on "Methane on Mars: Current Observations, Interpretation and Future Plans," which was held in Italy on 25-27 November 2009. The figure on the right indicates the origin of the participants, from Europe, North America and Asia. |
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