Description, accessibility and usage of SOIR/Venus Express atmospheric profiles of Venus distributed in VESPA (Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access)

L. Trompet (1) , Y. Geunes (1) , T. Ooms (1) , A. Mahieux (1) , V. Wilquet (1) , S. Chamberlain (1) , S. Robert (1) , I.R. R Thomas , S. Erard (2) , B. Cecconi (2) , P. Le Sidaner (3) , A.C. Vandaele (1)

1 BIRA-IASB - Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy / Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique
2 LESIA (UMR_8109) - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
3 Observatoire de Paris

Venus Express SOIR profiles of pressure, temperature and number densities of different constituents of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere of Venus are the only experimental data covering the 60 km to 220 km range of altitudes at the terminator of Venus. This unique dataset is now available in the open access VESPA infrastructure. This paper describes the content of these data products and provides some use cases.

Mots clés: Venus; Vertical profiles; Planetary atmosphere; Data service

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

L. Trompet, Y. Geunes, T. Ooms, A. Mahieux, V. Wilquet, et al.. Description, accessibility and usage of SOIR/Venus Express atmospheric profiles of Venus distributed in VESPA (Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access). Planetary and Space Science, 2018, 150, pp.60 - 64. ⟨10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.022⟩. ⟨hal-01826437⟩