Transit signatures of inhomogeneous clouds on hot Jupiters: insights from microphysical cloud modeling

We determine the observability in transmission of inhomogeneous cloud cover on the limbs of hot Jupiters through post-processing a general circulation model to include cloud distributions computed using a cloud microphysics model. We find that both the east and west limbs often form clouds, but that...

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Main Authors: Powell, D, Louden, T, Kreidberg, L, Zhang, X, Gao, P, Parmentier, V
Format: Journal article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: American Astronomical Society 2019