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Clouds will likely prevent the detection of water vapor in JWST transmission spectra of terrestrial exoplanets
Thaddeus D. Komacek, Thomas J. Fauchez, Eric T. Wolf +1
We are on the verge of characterizing the atmospheres of terrestrial exoplanets in the habitable zones of M dwarf stars. Due to their large planet-to-star radius ratios and higher…
The Atmospheric Circulation of Ultra-hot Jupiters
Xianyu Tan, Thaddeus D. Komacek
Recent observations of ultra-hot Jupiters with dayside temperatures in excess of have found evidence for new physical processes at play in their atmospheres. In t…
Temporal Variability in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres
Thaddeus D. Komacek, Adam P. Showman
Hot Jupiters receive intense incident stellar light on their daysides, which drives vigorous atmospheric circulation that attempts to erase their large dayside-to-nightside flux co…
Scaling Relations for Terrestrial Exoplanet Atmospheres from Baroclinic Criticality
Thaddeus D. Komacek, Malte F. Jansen, Eric T. Wolf +1
The macroturbulent atmospheric circulation of Earth-like planets mediates their equator-to-pole heat transport. For fast-rotating terrestrial planets, baroclinic instabilities in t…
Constraining Exoplanet Metallicities and Aerosols with ARIEL: An Independent Study by the Contribution to ARIEL Spectroscopy of Exoplanets (CASE) Team
Robert T. Zellem, Mark R. Swain, Nicolas B. Cowan +24
Launching in 2028, ESA's Atmospheric Remote-sensing Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) survey of 1000 transiting exoplanets will build on the legacies of Kepler and TESS and comp…
Effects of Radius and Gravity on the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone
Huanzhou Yang, Thaddeus D. Komacek, Dorian S. Abbot
A rigorous definition of the habitable zone and its dependence on planetary properties is part of the search for habitable exoplanets. In this work, we use the general circulation…
Vertical Tracer Mixing in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres
Thaddeus D. Komacek, Adam P. Showman, Vivien Parmentier
Aerosols appear to be ubiquitous in close-in gas giant atmospheres, and disequilibrium chemistry likely impacts the emergent spectra of these planets. Lofted aerosols and disequili…
A Statistical Comparative Planetology Approach to Maximize the Scientific Return of Future Exoplanet Characterization Efforts
Jade H. Checlair, Dorian S. Abbot, Robert J. Webber +37
Provided that sufficient resources are deployed, we can look forward to an extraordinary future in which we will characterize potentially habitable planets. Until now, we have had…
The atmospheric circulation and climate of terrestrial planets orbiting Sun-like and M-dwarf stars over a broad range of planetary parameters
Thaddeus D. Komacek, Dorian S. Abbot
The recent detections of temperate terrestrial planets orbiting nearby stars and the promise of characterizing their atmospheres motivates a need to understand how the diversity of…