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Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune's atmosphere
Patrick G. J. Irwin, Jack Dobinson, Arjuna James. Michael H. Wong +12
Previous observations of dark vortices in Neptune's atmosphere, such as Voyager-2's Great Dark Spot, have been made in only a few, broad-wavelength channels, which has hampered eff…
Testing 2D temperature models in Bayesian retrievals of atmospheric properties from hot Jupiter phase curves
Jingxuan Yang, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Joanna K. Barstow
Spectroscopic phase curves of transiting hot Jupiters are spectral measurements at multiple orbital phases, giving a set of disc-averaged spectra that probe multiple hemispheres. B…
How Does Thermal Scattering Shape the Infrared Spectra of Cloudy Exoplanets? A Theoretical Framework and Consequences for Atmospheric Retrievals in the JWST era
Jake Taylor, Vivien Parmentier, Michael R. Line +3
Observational studies of exoplanets are suggestive of a ubiquitous presence of clouds. The current modelling techniques used in emission to account for the clouds tend to require p…
Exoplanetary Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer with Correlated-k I. Benchmarking Transit and Emission Observables
Elspeth K. H. Lee, Jake Taylor, Simon L. Grimm +4
Current observational data of exoplanets are providing increasing detail of their 3D atmospheric structures. As characterisation efforts expand in scope, the need to develop consis…
Analysis of gaseous ammonia (NH) absorption in the visible spectrum of Jupiter - Update
Patrick G. J. Irwin, Neil Bowles, Ashwin S. Braude +5
An analysis of currently available ammonia (NH) visible-to-near-infrared gas absorption data was recently undertaken by Irwin et al. (Icarus, 302 (2018) 426) to help interpret…
A Hexagon in Saturn's Northern Stratosphere Surrounding the Emerging Summertime Polar Vortex
L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, J. A. Sinclair +13
Saturn's polar stratosphere exhibits the seasonal growth and dissipation of broad, warm, vortices poleward of latitude, which are strongest in the summer and absent…
Detectability of biosignatures in anoxic atmospheres with the James Webb Space Telescope: A TRAPPIST-1e case study
Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Ryan Garland, Patrick Irwin +1
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may be capable of finding biogenic gases in the atmospheres of habitable exoplanets around low mass stars. Considerable attention has been giv…
The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program for JWST
Jacob L. Bean, Kevin B. Stevenson, Natalie M. Batalha +99
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) presents the opportunity to transform our understanding of planets and the origins of life by revealing the atmospheric compositions, structur…
Assessing the long-term variability of acetylene and ethane in the stratosphere of Jupiter
Henrik Melin, L. N. Fletcher, P. T. Donnelly +6
Acetylene (CH) and ethane (CH) are both produced in the stratosphere of Jupiter via photolysis of methane (CH). Despite this common source, the latitudinal dist…
LRG-BEASTS III: Ground-based transmission spectrum of the gas giant orbiting the cool dwarf WASP-80
J. Kirk, P. J. Wheatley, T. Louden +4
We have performed ground-based transmission spectroscopy of the hot Jupiter orbiting the cool dwarf WASP-80 using the ACAM instrument on the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) as par…
Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt expansion and thermal wave activity ahead of Juno's arrival
L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, J. A. Sinclair +13
The dark colors of Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt (NEB, N) appeared to expand northward into the neighboring zone in 2015, consistent with a 3-5 year cycle of activity…
A consistent retrieval analysis of 10 Hot Jupiters observed in transmission
Joanna K. Barstow, Suzanne Aigrain, Patrick G. J. Irwin +1
We present a consistent optimal estimation retrieval analysis of ten hot Jupiter exoplanets, each with transmission spectral data spanning the visible to near-infrared wavelength r…
Mid-Infrared Mapping of Jupiter's Temperatures, Aerosol Opacity and Chemical Distributions with IRTF/TEXES
L. N. Fletcher, T. K. Greathouse, G. S. Orton +4
Global maps of Jupiter's atmospheric temperatures, gaseous composition and aerosol opacity are derived from a programme of 5-20 m mid-infrared spectroscopic observations using t…
Clouds on the hot Jupiter HD189733b: constraints from the reflection spectrum
Joanna K. Barstow, Suzanne Aigrain, Patrick G. J. Irwin +4
The hot Jupiter HD 189733b is probably the best studied of the known extrasolar planets, with published transit and eclipse spectra covering the near UV to mid-IR range. Recent wor…
Exploring the Diversity of Jupiter-Class Planets (Discussion Meeting Contribution)
Leigh N. Fletcher, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Joanna K. Barstow +3
Royal Society Discussion Meeting (2013) `Characterizing exoplanets'. Of the 900+ confirmed exoplanets discovered since 1995 for which we have constraints on their mass (i.e., not i…
Detection of Propene in Titan's Stratosphere
Conor A. Nixon, Donald E. Jennings, Bruno Bezard +9
The Voyager 1 flyby of Titan in 1980 gave a first glimpse of the chemical complexity of Titan's atmosphere, detecting many new molecules with the infrared spectrometer (IRIS). Thes…