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Nikolay Ignatiev is a researcher affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Federation. Their work primarily focuses on physics and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on planetary science and exploration. Their research contributes to several subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main topics covered by their publications include planetary science and exploration, astro and planetary science, space exploration and technology, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, space science and extraterrestrial life, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Ignatiev has published extensively in various scientific venues, most frequently in the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, Atmosphere, and Solar System Research. Additional publications appear in Астрономический вестник and Science.

Some recent papers authored by or involving Nikolay Ignatiev include:

  • Stormy water on Mars: The distribution and saturation of atmospheric water during the dusty season, 2020, Science
  • Transient HCl in the atmosphere of Mars, 2021, Science Advances
  • Properties of Water Ice and Dust Particles in the Atmosphere of Mars During the 2018 Global Dust Storm as Inferred From the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) on Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), 2024, Space Science Reviews
  • Twelve-Year Cycle in the Cloud Top Winds Derived from VMC/Venus Express and UVI/Akatsuki Imaging, 2022, Atmosphere

Frequent collaborators in their research include Oleg Korablev, Franck Montmessin, Alexander Trokhimovskiy, Anna Fedorova, and Alexey Shakun, reflecting a network of scientific partnerships contributing to the study of planetary atmospheres, space missions, and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Perennial water ice identified in the south polar cap of Mars

    J.-P. Bibring;Y. Langevin;F. Poulet;A. Gendrin

  • OMEGA: Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité

    J. P. Bibring;A. Soufflot;M. Berthé;Y. Langevin

  • The Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) of Three Spectrometers for the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter

    Oleg Korablev;Franck Montmessin;Alexander Trokhimovskiy;Anna A. Fedorova

  • Scientific goals for the observation of Venus by VIRTIS on ESA/Venus Express mission

    P. Drossart;G. Piccioni;A. Adriani;F. Angrilli

  • Stormy water on Mars: The distribution and saturation of atmospheric water during the dusty season.

    Anna A. Fedorova;Franck Montmessin;Oleg Korablev;Mikhail Luginin

  • South-polar features on Venus similar to those near the north pole

    G. Piccioni;P. Drossart;A. Sanchez-Lavega;R. Hueso

  • The planetary fourier spectrometer (PFS) onboard the European Venus Express mission

    V. Formisano;F. Angrilli;G. Arnold;S. Atreya

  • Active volcanism on Venus in the Ganiki Chasma rift zone

    Eugene V. Shalygin;Wojciech J. Markiewicz;Alexander T. Basilevsky;Alexander T. Basilevsky;Dmitrii V. Titov

  • No detection of methane on Mars from early ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observations.

    Oleg Korablev;Ann Carine Vandaele;Franck Montmessin;Anna A Fedorova

  • Martian dust storm impact on atmospheric H2O and D/H observed by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

    Ann Carine Vandaele;Oleg Korablev;Frank Daerden;Shohei Aoki

  • Venus Monitoring Camera for Venus Express

    W.J. Markiewicz;D.V. Titov;N Ignatiev;H.U. Keller

  • Science objectives and performances of NOMAD, a spectrometer suite for the ExoMars TGO mission

    Ann Carine Vandaele;Eddy Neefs;Rachel Drummond;Ian R. Thomas

  • Martian water vapor: Mars Express PFS/LW observations

    T. Fouchet;T. Fouchet;E. Lellouch;N.I. Ignatiev;François Forget

  • Morphology of the cloud tops as observed by the Venus Express Monitoring Camera

    Dmitrij V. Titov;Wojciech J. Markiewicz;Nikolay I. Ignatiev;Li Song

  • NOMAD, an Integrated Suite of Three Spectrometers for the ExoMars Trace Gas Mission: Technical Description, Science Objectives and Expected Performance

    A. C. Vandaele;J.-J. Lopez-Moreno;M. R. Patel;M. R. Patel;G. Bellucci

  • A dynamic upper atmosphere of Venus as revealed by VIRTIS on Venus Express

    P. Drossart;G. Piccioni;J. C. Gerard;M. A. Lopez-Valverde

  • Venus cloud top winds from tracking UV features in Venus Monitoring Camera images

    Richard Moissl;Igor Khatuntsev;Sanjay Limaye;Dmitry Titov

  • Atmospheric structure and dynamics as the cause of ultraviolet markings in the clouds of Venus

    Dmitry V. Titov;Fredric W. Taylor;Hakan Svedhem;Nikolay I. Ignatiev

  • First detection of hydroxyl in the atmosphere of Venus

    G. Piccioni;P. Drossart;L. Zasova;A. Migliorini

  • VIRTIS: The Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer

    G. Piccioni;P. Drossart;E. Suetta;M. Cosi

  • Water vapor near the cloud tops of Venus from Venus Express/VIRTIS dayside data

    V. Cottini;V. Cottini;N. I. Ignatiev;G. Piccioni;P. Drossart

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Piccioni
Giuseppe Piccioni National Institute for Astrophysics
Vittorio Formisano
Vittorio Formisano National Institute for Astrophysics
Franck Montmessin
Franck Montmessin University of Paris-Saclay
Anna Fedorova
Anna Fedorova Space Research Institute
P. Drossart
P. Drossart Université Paris Cité
Sanjay S. Limaye
Sanjay S. Limaye University of Wisconsin–Madison
Giancarlo Bellucci
Giancarlo Bellucci National Institute for Astrophysics
Emmanuel Lellouch
Emmanuel Lellouch Janssen (Belgium)
Jean-Loup Bertaux
Jean-Loup Bertaux Atmospheres Laboratory Environments, Observations Spatiales
François Forget
François Forget Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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