Objective The goal of this work is development of the Infrared Spectrometer for the orbiter of the European Mars Express mission. The wavelength range is from 1.2 to 45 microns, spectral resolution about 2 cm-1. This experiment will contribute to the exploration of the atmosphere of Mars by determination of 3-d temperature field, measurements of small constituents (H2O and CO) and aerosols local abundances and their variations. Also a set of the surface properties will be determined, including local temperature, albedo, and mineral composition and soil grains size. PFS instrument developed earlier for MARS-94/96 mission will be the prototype of the IR spectrometer for Mars Express. Partial redesign, a set of modifications, production of new models, new tests and calibrations will be fulfilled to provide the instrument accommodated for this mission. Eight teams, four from INTAS counties (Italy, Spain, Germany, and France) and four from NIS countries (from Russia and Ukraine) will work on this project 24 months starting from November 1998. Engineering / qualification model will be ready for delivery, and modules of the Flight model will be produced to the end of the project. Also advanced methods of the data interpretation will be developed. The full requested INTAS grant cost is 68000 ECU including 50000 ECU for teams from NIS countries. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Topic(s) 1A - Nuclear Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics INTAS - INTAS Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas EU contribution No data Address Sancho Panza, s/n 18080 Granada Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Central Design Bureao "RITM" Ukraine EU contribution No data Address Golovna, 246 274032 Chernovtsi See on map Total cost No data Consiglio Nazionale delle Recherche Italy EU contribution No data Address Via del Fosso del Cavaliere SNC 00133 Roma See on map Total cost No data German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) Germany EU contribution No data Address Rudover Chaussee, 5 12489 Berlin See on map Total cost No data Keldysh Research Center Russia EU contribution No data Address Onezhskaja, 8/10 125438 Moscow See on map Total cost No data National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ukraine EU contribution No data Address Prospect Nauki 46 252022 Kiev See on map Total cost No data Observatoire de Paris France EU contribution No data Address Avenue de l'Observatoire, 61 75014 Meudon See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 84/32 Profsoyuznaya 117810 Moscow See on map Total cost No data