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Counting and Phase Function Measurements with the LONSCAPE Instrument to Determine Physical Properties of Aerosols in Ice Giant Planet Atmospheres

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Measurements of light scattered by particles give insight into their physical properties (solid or liquid, size, shape, complex refractive index). We propose a novel instrument that provides in situ optical light-scattering measurements of aerosols in giant planet atmospheres, particularly in the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Known as LONSCAPE (Light Optical Nephelometer Sizer and Counter for Aerosols for Planetary Environments), the instrument combines the particle counting technique of the LOAC balloon-borne aerosol counter with the well-known nephelometer technique to retrieve both the concentrations and phase functions of aerosols over 20 size classes in the 0.2–50 μm diameter size range. Such measurements allow us to distinguish between liquid, ice and solid (potentially carbonaceous) particles for all size classes, and thus to constrain the aerosols composition and their formation process. Given its low mass, size, and power requirements, LONSCAPE could become one of the key instruments selected to be part of the science payload of an atmospheric entry probe sent to the ice giants in the 2030s.

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The LONSCAPE preliminary studies are funded by CNES in the frame of the “LOAC-S” project. The authors want to acknowledge the support by CNES, and thank the colleagues who have supported the idea to develop a space version of the Earth atmosphere aerosol counter LOAC, especially Jean-Pierre Lebreton (LPC2E) and François Poulet (IAS).

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  1. LPC2E-CNRS, 3A Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Jean-Baptiste Renard, Gwenaël Berthet, Aude-Lyse Millet & Daniel Daugeron

  2. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM, 13388, Marseille, France

    Olivier Mousis

  3. GSMA, Université Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Campus Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, 51687, Reims, France

    Pascal Rannou

  4. LATMOS, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France

    Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd

  5. Institut Fresnel, Faculté des Sciences Saint Jérôme, 13013, Marseille, France

    Jean-Michel Geffrin

  6. LATMOS/IPSL, CNRS, 78280, Guyancourt, France

    Edith Hadamcik

  7. Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, 31401, Toulouse, France

    Nicolas Verdier

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Renard, JB., Mousis, O., Rannou, P. et al. Counting and Phase Function Measurements with the LONSCAPE Instrument to Determine Physical Properties of Aerosols in Ice Giant Planet Atmospheres. Space Sci Rev 216, 28 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00653-2

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