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Cyclostrophic wind in the mesosphere of Venus from Venus Express observations
Piccialli, Arianna
The dynamics of Venus mesosphere was investigated by using observations from the Venus Express (VEx) mission. In the frame of this work, zonal thermal winds were derived from the VIRTIS (Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer) and VeRa (Radio Science Experiment) temperature soundings by applying a special approximation of the thermal wi…
Remote sensing and terramechanics study of Mars using orbital and rover data sets
Lichtenberg, Kimberly Ann
Orbital observations, rover-based remote-sensing and in-situ observations, and terramechanics modeling can be used collaboratively to examine the interplay between material properties, scientific setting, and mobility issues facing rovers on other worlds. In this thesis, these types of observations are used concurrently to identify the surface pro…
Study and Implementation of the End-to-End Data Pipeline for the Virtis Imaging Spectrometer Onboard Venus Express: "From Science Operations Planning to Data Archiving and Higher Level Processing"
Cardesín Moinelo, Alejandro
This PhD Thesis describes the activities performed during the Research Program undertaken for two years at the Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica in Rome, Italy, as active member of the VIRTIS Technical and Scientific Team, and one additional year at the European Space Astronomy Center in Madrid, Spain, as member of the Mars Express Science Ground …