TP14

This session is aimed at research into surface and near-surface geological and geomorphological features and processes, on Venus, or of relevance to Venus through the use of Earth analogues sites and datasets.
In preparing for the forthcoming missions, it is essential that we try to achieve an enhanced understanding of what we might expect to see differently, with respect to the existing Magellan data. What changes might we expect to see? At what scales and how much change? How can we be sure that we are seeing real change, not false changes caused by system differences between old and new data. All these potential complexities must be prepared for.
Such preparations include careful selection of target locations and extents on Venus, to capture a representative sample of Venus’ diverse terrains and landforms, including volcanic features, tectonic structures, impact craters, and aeolian deposits. In the absence of new data, before Envision, VERITAS and DAVINCI deliver datasets of unprecedented detail, it is important that teams prepare through the development of customised tools and models, and through the use of Earth Observation data at carefully selected analogue sites to enhance understanding and thus to inform those models and tools.