The Planetary Science Group (Grupo de Ciencias Planetarias in Spanish) is a group of planetary scientists working at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain).
Our research involves the study of the dynamics of the atmospheres of the planets of the Solar System and the radiative transfer analysis of these atmospheres.
We are involved in a range of space missions including: Venus Express, Mars Express, Mars 2020 and the Perseverance Rover, JUICE and Envision. We also have part
of our research in other topics such as radiative transfer of transiting exoplanets and we participate in observations of stellar occultations by minor bodies of the Solar System.
In addition, we serve the planetary sciences community coordinating the PVOL (Planetary Virtual Observatory & Laboratory)
database of amateur observations of Solar System planets which you can access from these webpages.
An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres
Agustín Sánchez-Lavega.
Aimed at graduate students and scientists. This book covers planetary atmospheres in-depth and can be used as source material for courses on planetary atmospheres. Published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). Updated edition in preparationActive Research Projects
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Grant PID2023-149055NB-C31 funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and FEDER, UE.
Part of the Coordinated Project: Planet And exopLanETs aTmosphEres (PALETTE). (Sept. 2024- Aug. 2028) - Grupo de Ciencias Planetarias (GCP): (GCP: Estudio de las atmósferas planetarias, investigación sistema solar y desarrollo de instrumentación astronómica y espacial). Funded by Gobierno Vasco (Grupos de Investigación, IT1742-22, 2022-2025).
Recent Research Projects
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Project: Atmósferas Planetarias del Sistema Solar (PLANATMOS)
Grant PID2019-109467GB-I00 funded by MCIN/ AEI /10.13039/501100011033.
Funded through June 1, 2020 to 30 November 2024 -
Europlanet-2024 RI: (2020-2024). Funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 program. The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149. The project developed from Feb. 2020 to July 2024.
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TLALOC (September 2021 to December 2023).
The group has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101022760.
Past research projects are listed here
Research Infrastructures
- PlanetCam: PlanetCam is a dual lucky imaging instrument made of two fast cameras operating in the visible and short-wave infrared. The instrument is used at the 2.2m telescope at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería (Spain). It was funded through research infrastructure calls mainly from Universidad del País Vasco (2013) and Gobierno Vasco (2011).
- High-Performance Computing: The group has obtained funds to acquire and maintain several high-performance-computing workstations listed here.