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True colour image of a cloud-free Ocean planet at α = 90◦with different surface wind speed maps. In the first row, we use a constant wind speed and notice the impact on the brightness and size of the ocean glint. In the second row, we use realistic wind speed maps from ERA5, and we notice the inhomogenous shape of the ocean glint. We report the average wind speed from the various ERA5 fields in the sub-figures. -- astro-ph.EP

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Planet Earth In Reflected And Polarized Light I. 3D Radiative Transfer Simulations Of Realistic Surface-atmosphere Systems

by Keith CowingMay 25, 2025May 24, 2025

Future telescopes will characterize rocky exoplanets in reflected light, revealing their albedo, which depends on surface, cloud, and atmospheric properties.

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Planet Earth In Reflected And Polarized Light I. 3D Radiative Transfer Simulations Of Realistic Surface-atmosphere Systems

COSPAR Panel On Planetary Protection Endorses Proposed Update To The Mars Planetary Protection Policy

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Astrobiology Droid Completes Earth Flyby

Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument Activated – Coronagraph Checked Out

Nonequilibrium Formation of C4 Carbonyls in Interstellar Ices Linked to Amino Acids

The North Pole Of Mars Is Less Dusty Than Scientists Thought