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Cloud Academy: Cloud Formation and Properties in Extrasolar Planets (2018 School)

 

Clouds and hazes have a fundamental impact on the physical structure and appearance of planetary atmospheres and even influence the habitability of earthlike planets. Recent years brought an abundance of data on clouds in exoplanets. At this school, we will review physical models for cloud formation in Solar System planets, exoplanet observations, and laboratory studies.

Dates: September 23-28, 2018

Venue: Les Houches Advanced School for Physics [ Link to the Venue ]



Topics covered:
Cloud and haze formation and evolution in Earth Atmosphere – Radiative Transfer and Polarization in Atmosphere Characterization – Atmospheric Circulation Regimes for Solar System and Exoplanets
– Clouds and Hazes in the Early Earth – Clouds and Planetary Habitability – Clouds and Hazes in Jupiter, Saturn, Titan – Clouds and Hazes in Strongly Irradiated Exoplanets – Clouds and Hazes in Weakly Irradiated -Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs

The school will consist of invited lectures, invited review talks, contributed talks, posters, and extended discussion sessions. The invited lectures will provide a thorough introduction to the key topics covered in the school and will be accompanied by practice / hands-on sessions, where participants put in practice what they have learned in the lectures. Invited review talks will provide overviews of the frontiers of the relevant fields. Contributed talks and posters will bring exciting new results to the school and will help engage the participants in the scientific discourse.
The school will be held a the Les Houches Advanced School for Physics in the French Alps. The school is known for its long tradition of highly interactive, focused, and high-level schools on the frontiers of physics. The Les Houches School will offer accommodation on site, in charming chalets scattered on the hillside with a majestic view of the Mt Blanc. The school’s modern lecture hall provides an ideal setting for presentations and discussion sessions. The on-site restaurant provides breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the participants. The costs of the accommodation and food are included in the school registration fee.
We anticipate a significant oversubscription to the school, the attendance of which is limited to sixty participants. Please complete the application form if you wish to apply for the school. No payment or commitment is required for the application. We anticipate notifying the selected the participants latest by June 1. Selected participants will then be asked to confirm their participation latest by June 15. The school registration fee is 500 Euro, which includes the accommodation, food, school expenses, and coffee breaks. The registration fee will be paid directly to the school on-site.

Organizing Committee:

Daniel Apai (Chair, University of Arizona, NExSS), Anthony del Genio (NASA GISS, NExSS), Christiane Helling (St Andrews University), Nicolas Iro (University of Vienna), Mark Marley (NASA Ames Research Center, NExSS)

Lecturers and Invited Speakers:

Mickael Bonnefoy (U Grenoble), Anthony del Genio (NASA GISS, NExSS), Christiane Helling (St Andrews University), Nicolas Iro (University Vienna), Pat Irwin (Oxford Univesity), Cornelia Jaeger (U Jena & MPIA), Laura Kreidberg (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) Victoria Meadows (University of Washington), Mark Marley (NASA Ames Research Center, NExSS), Vivien Parmentier (Oxford), Daphne Stam (Delft University), Véronique Vuitton (Univ. Grenoble), Aubrey Zerkle (St. Andrews University), Daniel Apai (University of Arizona, NExSS).

School Program and Participants:

Cloud Academy Program

Cloud Academy Participants

Materials for Activities:

Activity Preparation/Installation Guide

Helling: Link to Activity materials at LEAP

del Genio: Bond albedo gallery for Activity

del Genio: Planet cases (revised)

Notes for the Activity led by Mark Marley