Conference on Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets

The conference will be held June 25-28, 2012, at the Hotel Boulderado, Boulder Colorado. Abstract deadline is April 12, 2012.

The goal of this conference is to look at climate in the broadest sense possible – by comparing the processes at work on the four terrestrial bodies, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Titan, and on terrestrial planets around other stars. These processes include the interactions of shortwave and thermal radiation with the atmosphere, condensation and vaporization of volatiles, atmospheric dynamics and chemistry, and the role of the surface, interior, sun and other external factors in the long-term evolution of climate. Conference talks will compare the scientific questions, methods, numerical models, and spacecraft remote sensing experiments for Earth, and the other planets, with the goal of identifying objectives for future research and missions.

Please visit: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/climatology2012/

for more information and to submit an your Indication of Interest form by February 27, 2012.

The meeting is sponsored by all four divisions of NASA/SMD and convened by VEXAG, MEPAG and OPAG. Other sponsors include IUGG/IAMAS and SwRI, LASP and the Planetary Society and meeting support is provided by LPI/USRA.