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most citedOptimal Estimation Retrievals of the Atmospheric Structure and Composition of HD 189733b from Secondary Eclipse Spectroscopy

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astro-ph.IM2015★ 37 cited

Giant Planet Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope

James Norwood, Julianne Moses, Leigh N. Fletcher +8

This white paper examines the benefit of the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope for studies of the Solar System's four giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. JWST's…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 23 cited

Spectral analysis of Uranus' 2014 bright storm with VLT/SINFONI

Patrick G. J. Irwin, Leigh N. Fletcher, Peter L. Read +5

An extremely bright storm system observed in Uranus' atmosphere by amateur observers in September 2014 triggered an international campaign to observe this feature with many telesco…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 44 cited

Seasonal Variability of Saturn's Tropospheric Temperatures, Winds and Para-H from Cassini Far-IR Spectroscopy

Leigh N. Fletcher, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Richard K. Achterberg +2

Far-IR 16-1000 m spectra of Saturn's hydrogen-helium continuum measured by Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) are inverted to construct a near-continuous record of…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 34 cited

The EChO science case

Giovanna Tinetti, Pierre Drossart, Paul Eccleston +347

The discovery of almost 2000 exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representativ…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 131 cited

Transit spectroscopy with JWST: Systematics, starspots and stitching

Joanna K. Barstow, Suzanne Aigrain, Patrick G. J. Irwin +2

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is predicted to make great advances in the field of exoplanet atmospheres. Its 25 m2 mirror means that it can reach unprecedented levels of pr…