This interdisciplinary module (climatology/geology) aims to present the environments and atmospheres on different worlds of the solar system and to describe the physical processes that control climates and how they shape planetary surfaces. This allows to illustrate theoretical concepts with observed examples, while staying close to current research problems and debates.
The courses are given by research scientists specialists of the subjects : François Forget, Sandrine Guerlet, Jean-Baptiste Madeleine, Sébastien Lebonnois, Nicolas Mangold, Antoine Séjourné.
Content
1 – The Martian Climate System 
Atmospheric dynamic The dust, water, CO2 climate cycles Mars’ paleoclimates
2- Climate-Surface interactions on Mars Rappels de géomorphologie The Martian cryosphere through time. Outflow channels, glaciers, gullies. Fluvial erosion on early Mars (and Titan): geomorphology, mineralogy.
3- Pluto : a small frozen Mars ?
4- The climate of Vénus Greenhouse effect, atmospheric dynamic and superrotation Clouds and the sulphur cycle
5- The climate of Titan, a moon of Saturn Atmospheric dynamic and superrotation The hydrocarbon cycle: hazes, clouds, and lakes
6- The atmosphere of the giant planets : Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Thermal structure, clouds and atmospheric chemistry Atmospheric dynamic
