Exploring Climate with Obliquity in a Variable-eccentricity Earth-like World
arXiv:2311.04167 · doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ad0373
Abstract
Exploring planetary systems similar to our solar system can provide a means to explore a large range of possibly temperate climates on Earth-like worlds. Rather than run hundreds of simulations with different eccentricities at fixed obliquities, our variable-eccentricity approach provides a means to cover an incredibly large parameter space. Herein Jupiter's orbital radius is moved substantially inward in two different scenarios, causing a forcing on Earth's eccentricity. In one case, the eccentricity of Earth varies from 0 to 0.27 over ~7000 yr for three different fixed obliquities (0°, 23°, and 45°). In another case, the eccentricity varies from 0 to 0.53 over ~9400 yr in a single case with zero obliquity. In all cases, we find that the climate remains stable, but regional habitability changes through time in unique ways. At the same time, the moist greenhouse state is approached but only when at the highest eccentricities.
arXiv comment10 pages, 11 Figures. Data/scripts used to generate figures & ROCKE-3D boundary condition files can be downloaded from doi:10.5281/zenodo.8398270
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