Olivier Witasse - Personal Profiles
Olivier Witasse
Planetary ScientistMain Research Fields
Planetary sciences, aeronomy, planetary space weather
Keywords
- Study of planetary upper atmospheres (Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, ice giants)
- Ionosphere, airglow and auroras
- Couplings between atmospheric envelopes
- Interaction solar wind-atmosphere
- Planetary space weather
- Propagation of solar wind features in the heliosphere
- Analysis of radiation monitor data (onboard INTEGRAL, Rosetta,...)
- Numerical modelling, data analysis, data processing techniques
- Study of the martian moons and small bodies
Ongoing collaborations
- Observatoire Royal de Belgique (Bruxelles, Belgium)
- University of Leicester (UK)
Publications
A selection of publications:
Sefton-Nash, E., Thébault, G., Witasse, O., et al., Visibility analysis of Phobos to support a science and exploration platform , Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 73, Issue 1, article id.215, 2021
Knutsen, E., Witasse, O., et al., Galactic cosmic ray modulation at Mars and beyond measured with EDACs on Mars Express and Rosetta, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 650, 2021 *Web story*
Palmerio, E., Kilpua, E., Witasse, O., et al., CME Magnetic Structure and IMF Preconditioning Affecting SEP Transport, Space Weather, Volume 19, Issue 4, article id. e2020SW002654, 2021
Müller, F. Carraz, O., Visser, P., Witasse, O., Cold atom gravimetry for planetary missions, Planetary and Space Science, 194, 2020
Honig, T., Witasse, O. et al., Multi-point galactic cosmic ray measurements between 1 and 4.5 AU over a full solar cycle, Ann. Geophys., 37, 903–918, 2019
Sánchez–Cano, B., Witasse, O., Lester, M., Rahmati, A., Ambrosi, R., Lillis, R., et al., 2018, Energetic particle showers over Mars from comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 8778– 8796
Witasse, O., et al, Interplanetary coronal mass ejection observed at STEREO-A, Mars, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Saturn, and New Horizons en route to Pluto: Comparison of its Forbush decreases at 1.4, 3.1, and 9.9 AU, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 122, Issue 8, pp. 7865-7890, 2017 *Web story*
Project/mission at ESA
Past projects:
- Cassini-Huygens
- Venus Express
- Chandrayaan-1
- Mars Express
- ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
- Ice Giant mission concept
Current project:
- JUICE: JUpiter ICy moon Explorer (since January 2015)