K2-72e Archives - Astrobiology

Time-mean vertically-integrated cloud water amount (including both liquid and ice) simulated by the three models. Left panels are for TRAPPIST-1e, and right panels are for K2-72e. The global-mean values are listed in the top left corner of each panel. The red cross marks the substellar point. The blue dashed line is the morning terminator and the blue dotted line is the evening terminator, used for transmission spectra calculations (Fig. 6 below). SAM has less total cloud water path. -- astro-ph.EP

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Cloud Behaviour On Tidally Locked Rocky Planets From Global High-resolution Modeling

by Keith CowingJune 21, 2023June 21, 2023

Determining the behaviour of convection and clouds is one of the biggest challenges in our understanding of exoplanetary climates.