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Indication of insensitivity of planetary weathering behavior and habitable zone to surface land fraction
Dorian S. Abbot, Nicolas B. Cowan, Fred J. Ciesla
It is likely that unambiguous habitable zone terrestrial planets of unknown water content will soon be discovered. Water content helps determine surface land fraction, which influe…
A False Positive For Ocean Glint on Exoplanets: the Latitude-Albedo Effect
Nicolas B. Cowan, Dorian S. Abbot, Aiko Voigt
Identifying liquid water on the surface of planets is a high priority, as this traditionally defines habitability. One proposed signature of oceans is specular reflection ("glint")…
Thermal Phases of Earth-Like Planets: Estimating Thermal Inertia from Eccentricity, Obliquity, and Diurnal Forcing
Nicolas B. Cowan, Aiko Voigt, Dorian S. Abbot
In order to understand the climate on terrestrial planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, one would like to know their thermal inertia. We use a global climate model to simulate th…