WINTER SCHOOL 2024 PROGRAM

On this page you will find the complete program of the Planetary geologic mapping winter school.

The schedule timing is intended in GMT+1 (CET)
Asyncronous lessons are available here

1st Day

Monday - 22 January 2024

ROOM GIS & Tools

09:00 - 09:15
Welcome & Europlanet Society, Research Infrastructure
Ann Carine Vandaele; Nigel Mason

09:15 - 09:30
GMAP & planetary geologic mapping winter schools
Riccardo Pozzobon / Matteo Massironi

09:30 - 10:00
Introduction to planetary map projections
Angelo Pio Rossi

10:00 - 10:30
Introduction to base mapping data and repositories
Riccardo Pozzobon

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 11:30
Introduction to QGIS
Riccardo Pozzobon

11:30 - 12:15
Introduction to Mappy
Luca Penasa

12:15 - 12:30
Introduction to OpenCraterTool
Thomas Heyer

12:30 - 14:00  Break

14:00 - 15:00
Hands-on Mappy
Luca Penasa

15:00 - 15:30
Hands-on OpenCraterTool
Wajiha Iqbal

15:30 - 16:00  Break


ROOM SEMINARS

16:00 - 16:30
Introduction to reflectance spectroscopy
Christian Carli (INAF)

16:30 - 17:00
Mapping spectral information by means of Spectral unit
Francesca Zambon (INAF)

17:00 - 17:30
Exploration of Hyperspectral Datasets with Unsupervised Learning Techniques
Beatrice Baschetti (INAF, UNIPD)

2nd Day

Tuesday - 23 January 2024

ROOM Ceres / Vesta

09:00 - 09:45
The Exploration of Minor Planets Vesta and Ceres
Alessandro Frigeri 

09:45 - 10:30
Overview of the GIS dataset and Geologic Mapping of Vesta
Alessandro Frigeri  

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 12:30
Impact crater chronology: application to Vesta and Ceres
Roland Wagner  

12:30 - 14:00  Break

14:00 - 15:30
Introduction of the surface composition of Vesta, integration with the geologic map

Katrin Stephan

15:30 - 16:00  Break

ROOM SEMINARS

16:00 - 16:30
Planetary geology analysis with the MATISSE instrument
Veronica Camplone (ASI ASDC)

16:30 - 17:00
OSIRIS-REx: A Sample Return Mission from Asteroid (101955) Bennu
Maurizio Pajola (INAF)

17:00 - 17:30
MATISSE for LICIACube
Angelo Zinzi (ASI ASDC)

3th Day

Wednesday​ - 24 January 2024

ROOM Venus

09:00 - 09:30
Introduction To Venus Geology
Lucia Marinangeli, Ivan Lopez

09:30 - 09:45
Past Venus exploration
Lucia Marinangeli

09:45 - 10:00
Hands-on: Magellan Venus
Ivan Lopez

10:00 - 10:15
Hands-on: VIRTIS
Giulia Alemanno

10:15 - 10:30
Geologic setting for the study area
all activity leaders

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 12:30
Hands-on: Magellan Venus & VIRTIS
Ivan Lopez, Giulia Alemanno

12:30 - 14:00  Break

14:00 - 15:30
Task: Magellan Venus & VIRTIS
Giulia Alemanno, Ivan Lopez

15:30 - 16:00  Break


ROOM SEMINARS

16:00 - 16:30
New views on Venus provided by DAVINCI and VERITAS
Martha Gilmore (Welseyan University)

16:30 - 17:00
EnVision - A holistic view of Venus
Jörn Helbert (DLR)

17:00 - 17:30
Terrestrial analogues studies: The VERITAS Iceland field campaign
Giulia Alemanno (DLR)

 4th Day

Thursday​ - 25 January 2024

ROOM Icy Satellites

09:00 - 09:45
Introduction to icy satellites geology and tectonics
Costanza Rossi, Riccardo Pozzobon

09:45 - 10:00
Europa tectonic evolution
Costanza Rossi, Riccardo Pozzobon

10:00 - 10:15
Ganymede tectonic evolution
Costanza Rossi, Riccardo Pozzobon

10:15 - 10:30
Ganymede: Structural mapping and introduction to the mapping area
Costanza Rossi, Riccardo Pozzobon

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 12:30
Ganymede main structures and case studies
Costanza Rossi

12:30 - 14:00  Break

14:00 - 15:30
Exercise: Structural mapping of a regional-scale area of Ganymede
Costanza Rossi, Riccardo Pozzobon

15:30 - 16:00  Break


ROOM SEMINARS

16:00 - 16:30
The JUICE mission: a journey to the Jupiter system
Alice Lucchetti (INAF)

16:30 - 17:00
Exploring ice bodies: The radar as the best geophysical technique
Barbara Cosciotti (Univ. Roma 3)

17:00 - 17:30
Geologic History Pluto: Geodynamics and Ice Behavior
Gene Schmidt (INAF)

5th Day

Friday - 26 January 2024

ROOM 67p Comet

09:00 - 09:45
Small bodies: geological and geo-structural mapping
Matteo Massironi

09:45 - 10:30
Overview of VRGS
David Hodgetts

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 11:45
Phobos: 3D Mapping and analysis
David Hodgetts, Matteo Massironi

11:45 - 12:30
Comet 67P: 3D Mapping and Analysis
David Hodgetts, Matteo Massironi

12:30 - 14:00  Break


ROOM GENERAL

14:00 - 15:00
Wrap-up & feedback

School Organising Committee

Giulia Alemanno (DLR)
Beatrice Baschetti (UNIPD)
Cristian Carli (INAF)
Rita Chirico (UNIPD)
Alessandro Frigeri (INAF)
Thomas Heyer (WWU)
David Hodgetts (VRGeoscience)
Wajiha Iqbal (WWU)
Lucia Marinangeli (UNICH)
Matteo Massironi (UNIPD)
Luca Penasa (INAF)
Monica Pondrelli (UNICH)
Riccardo Pozzobon (UNIPD)
Costanza Maria Rossi (INAF)
Angelo Pio Rossi (CU)
Iván López Ruiz-Labranderas (URJC)
Katrin Stephan (DLR)
Carolyn van der Bogert (WWU)
Roland Wagner (DLR)