[WORKSHOP] 2026 Venus observations/modeling workshop (Korea-Japan)
[WORKSHOP] 2026 Venus observations/modeling workshop (Korea-Japan)
August 21, 2026
On 21 August 2026, IBS members presented their work and discussed potential collaborations with Japanese colleagues during an hybrid workshop.
This workshop, led by Dr Yeon Joo Lee and Dr Shohei Aoki, brought together more than 16 participants from Korea and Japan, with the aim of fostering new collaborations between the two countries.
The workshop schedule is as follows:
| Topic | Time | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction (10 min Shohei + 10 min Yeon Joo, each including Q&A) | 14:00-14:20 | 20 min |
| Radiative Transfer Modeling for UV-VIS/polarimetry (Chair: Shohei Aoki) | 14:20-15:00 | 40 min |
| - RT code applied to Akatsuki UV [T. Iwanaka, JP] | 14:20-14:45 | |
| - Venus atmospheric aerosols: Optical Properties and Radiative Transfer [M. Singla, IBS] | 14:45-15:00 | |
| Observations (Chair: Yeon Joo Lee & Shohei Aoki) | 15:00-17:15 | 135 min |
| - Spectroscopy of the Unknown UV Absorber in the Venusian Atmosphere — Introduction to the Balloon-Borne Stratospheric Telescope FUJIN-2 and Test Observations with the Ground-Based T60 Telescope [M. Imai, JP] | 15:00-15:15 | |
| - New instrument at T60 telescope [S. Aoki, T. Iwanaka, M. Taguchi, JP] | 15:15-15:30 | |
| - Activities at Kyoto Sangyo Univ. [H. Sagawa, JP] | 15:30-15:45 | |
| - Recent Activities at UTokyo [T. Imamura, JP] | 15:45-16:00 | |
| - Spectropolarization investigation of Venusian clouds using NOT/ALFOSC [R. Aliste C., IBS] | 16:05-16:20 | |
| - Characterization of the small-scale UV contrasts at low latitudes of Venus as seen by the UVI camera onboard Akatsuki [H. Kang, IBS] | 16:20-16:35 | |
| - Comparison of Venus albedo between 283 and 365 nm as seen by Akatsuki’s Ultraviolet Imager [R. Aliste C., IBS] | 16:45-17:00 | |
| - Long-term Change of UV Latitudinal Contrast of Venus [J. Shin, IBS] | 17:00-17:15 | |
| Clouds/dynamics modeling (Chair: Yeon Joo Lee) | 17:15-18:00 | 45 min |
| - 3D modeling of Venus clouds [N. Streel, IBS] | 17:15-17:30 | |
| - H2O impacts on cloud-level convection [H. Kang, IBS] | 17:30-17:45 | |
| - Introduction of cloud microphysics model (SPECK) and its latest results [H. Karyu, JP] | 17:45-18:00 |