EFFECT OF LONGITUDE-DEPENDENT CLOUD COVERAGE ON EXOPLANET VISIBLE WAVELENGTH REFLECTED-LIGHT PHASE CURVES

We use a planetary albedo model to investigate variations in visible wavelength phase curves of exoplanets. Thermal and cloud properties for these exoplanets are derived using one-dimensional radiative-convective and cloud simulations. The presence of clouds on these exoplanets significantly alters...

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Main Authors: Marley, Mark S., Morley, Caroline V., Fortney, Jonathan J., Cahoy, Kerri, Webber, Matthew William, Lewis, Nikole
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97536
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-5124
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9005-2493