Atmospheres of rocky exoplanets

R Wordsworth, L Kreidberg - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Rocky planets are common around other stars, but their atmospheric properties remain
largely unconstrained. Thanks to a wealth of recent planet discoveries and upcoming …

A review of possible planetary atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 system

M Turbet, E Bolmont, V Bourrier, BO Demory… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
TRAPPIST-1 is a fantastic nearby (∼ 39.14 light years) planetary system made of at least
seven transiting terrestrial-size, terrestrial-mass planets all receiving a moderate amount of …

Venusian habitable climate scenarios: Modeling Venus through time and applications to slowly rotating Venus‐like exoplanets

MJ Way, AD Del Genio - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One popular view of Venus' climate history describes a world that has spent much of its life
with surface liquid water, plate tectonics, and a stable temperate climate. Part of the basis for …

Persistence of flare-driven atmospheric chemistry on rocky habitable zone worlds

H Chen, Z Zhan, A Youngblood, ET Wolf… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Low-mass stars show evidence of vigorous magnetic activity in the form of large flares and
coronal mass ejections. Such space weather events may have important ramifications for the …

Atmospheric regimes and trends on exoplanets and brown dwarfs

X Zhang - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A planetary atmosphere is the outer gas layer of a planet. Besides its scientific significance
among the first and most accessible planetary layers observed from space, it is closely …

The trappist-1 habitable atmosphere intercomparison (thai). i. dry cases—the fellowship of the gcms

M Turbet, TJ Fauchez, DE Sergeev… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
With the commissioning of powerful, new-generation telescopes such as the James Webb
Space Telescope (JWST) and the ground-based Extremely Large Telescopes, the first …

ExoCAM: a 3D climate model for exoplanet atmospheres

ET Wolf, R Kopparapu, J Haqq-Misra… - The Planetary Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI) project was
initiated to compare 3D climate models that are commonly used for predicting theoretical …

Stratospheric dayside-to-nightside circulation drives the 3D ozone distribution on synchronously rotating rocky exoplanets

M Braam, PI Palmer, L Decin, M Cohen… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Determining the habitability and interpreting future atmospheric observations of exoplanets
requires understanding the atmospheric dynamics and chemistry from a 3D perspective …

TRAPPIST habitable atmosphere intercomparison (THAI) workshop report

TJ Fauchez, M Turbet, DE Sergeev… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The era of atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets is just around the corner.
Modeling prior to observations is crucial in order to predict the observational challenges and …

Bistability of the atmospheric circulation on TRAPPIST-1e

DE Sergeev, NT Lewis, FH Lambert… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a 3D general circulation model, we demonstrate that a confirmed rocky exoplanet and
a primary observational target, TRAPPIST-1e presents an interesting case of climate …