1 code implementation • 19 Feb 2018 • Ben Farr, Will M. Farr, Nicolas B. Cowan, Hal M. Haggard, Tyler Robinson
To test the code, we produce a light curve for a cloudless Earth in a face-on orbit with a 90$^\circ$ obliquity.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 6 Feb 2018 • Hal M. Haggard, Nicolas B. Cowan
We have previously derived analytic reflected lightcurves for spherical harmonic albedo maps in the special case of a synchronously-rotating planet on an edge-on orbit (Cowan, Fuentes & Haggard 2013).
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 19 Jan 2018 • Lisa Dang, Nicolas B. Cowan, Joel C. Schwartz, Emily Rauscher, Michael Zhang, Heather A. Knutson, Michael Line, Ian Dobbs-Dixon, Drake Deming, Sudarsan Sundararajan, Jonathan J. Fortney, Ming Zhao
The peculiar infrared flux map of CoRoT-2b may result from westward winds due to non-synchronous rotation magnetic effects, or partial cloud coverage, that obscures the emergent flux from the planet's eastern hemisphere.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
no code implementations • 16 Nov 2015 • Joel C. Schwartz, Clara Sekowski, Hal M. Haggard, Eric Pallé, Nicolas B. Cowan
Reflected light seen by a distant observer is the product of a planet's albedo map, its host star's illumination, and the visibility of different regions.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
1 code implementation • 1 Nov 2010 • Nicolas B. Cowan, Eric Agol
We present a semi-analytic model atmosphere for close-in exoplanets that captures the essential physics of phase curves: orbital and viewing geometry, advection, and re-radiation.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
