preface
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Advances in Space Research 33 (2004) 121
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Preface
The physical and chemical processes which control
the atmospheres and ionospheres of the planets and
their satellites, as well as their interactions with exter-
nal plasma environments such as the solar wind, are
essentially the same throughout the solar system.
However, these processes are manifested in different
ways due to differing heliocentric distances, planetarysizes, atmospheric composition and intrinsic magnetic
fields. Understanding of these processes is recently in-
creased both due to modern physically sophisticated
computer models and advanced remote sensing mea-
surements. During the following few years interest in
these issues will increase due to new in situ data that
will become available for several planets: Mercury
(Messenger), Venus (VenusExpress), Mars (MarsEx-press, Nozomi), Saturn and its moon Titan (Cassini/
Huygens).
The 16 papers presented in this volume are
organized into two sections: (i) Mars and Venus and
(ii) Outer Planets and Satellites. The former section in-
cludes comparative studies of the atmospheres and
the ionospheres of Venus and Mars, analysis of the
role of the Martian crustal magnetic field based onnew measurements, the ion escape, pickup ions and en-
ergetic neutrals in the Venusian and Martian plasma en-
vironments using global computer models and satellite
data. The second section addresses the ionospheres of the
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giant planets and Titan, Titan�s plasma environment and
chemical processes of methane ions.
COSPAR symposium C3.1 from which this volume is
derived took place on October 14–16, 2002, in Houston,
Texas, USA. The symposium was organized by T.
Cravens (University of Kansas), E. Kallio (Finnish
Meteorological Institute) and H. Shinagawa (STEL,Nagoya University). The editors are grateful to the help
provided by the referees: A. Bhardwaj, H. Biernat, S.
Bougher, D. Brain, T. Cravens, J. Fox, M. Galand, R.
Gladstone, J. Grebowsky, S. Haider, R. Hartle, M.
Holmstr€om, T. Imamura, W.-I. Ip, J. Kim, Y. Kim, H.
Lichtenegger, J. G. Luhmann, K. Mahajan, T. Majeed,
A. Nagy, G. Molina-Cuberos, K. Oyama, K. Sauer, W.
Smyth, Y. Kharchenko, H. Shimazu, K. Szego, T.Tanaka and N. Terada.
H. Shinagawa
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory
Nagoya University, 3-13 Honohara, Toyokawa
Aichi 442-8507, Japan
E-mail address: [email protected]
E. KallioFinnish Meteorological Institute
Geophysical Research, P.O. Box 503, FIN-00101
Helsinki, Finland