Investigation of Enceladus’ Plumes through Laboratory Experiments

In this study, plume experiments were conducted to mimic the thermodynamic conditions on Saturn's moon, Enceladus. The icy moon subsurface ocean and cracks in the surface have been simulated by using a liquid water reservoir and a narrow channel, while the low-pressure environment at Enceladus’ surface was achieved with a vacuum chamber. We...

Laboratory experiments recreating icy moons' geysers

This study is part of an ongoing research project, which aims to increase the physical understanding of the plume formation on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The experimental setup presented in this study is the third iteration of the physical models aiming to recreate the main plume characteristics, where in this study the effects of the channel...

Experimental simulation and assessment of the geysers of icy moons in the laboratory

The Cassini spacecraft, observing the Saturnian system for over 13 years, discovered aspects of the planetary system that were previously unseen. One such discovery is the eruption of geysers (plumes) from the Tiger Stripes on the surface of the icy moon Enceladus. An unexpected liquid water ocean exists underneath Enceladus’ icy crust (Postberg...

An automated approach to estimate car- bon monoxide emissions from steel plants by utilizing TROPOMI satellite measure- ments

Since the 13th of October 2017, the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) aboard ESA’s Sentinel 5-Precursor (S5-P) satellite enables daily global measurements of carbon monoxide (CO) total column con- centrations at an unprecedented spatial resolution of 7×5.6 km. TROPOMI has the ability to detect distinct pollution plumes, arising from...

Characterization of Trajectories to Collect Samples from Europa's Plume

The search for life in other celestial bodies has always been a topic of great interest within the scientific community. The curiosity to know if we are the only ones in the universe or not has driven the development of many engineering projects. This Master Thesis is meant to do its bit in this research field. Europa, a moon of Jupiter, is...