Modeling the phase curve of hot rocky planets with 3D climate models

Franck Selsis (1) , R. D. Wordsworth , F. Forget (2, 3) , Vincent Eymet

1 sSE 2011
2 UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
3 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)

Using a 3D climate model, we study how the apparent emission of a hot terrestrial exoplanet varies with wavelength and orbital phase, for different atmospheric pressures, and inclinations, in the case of a tidally-locked planet. Based on these synthetic thermal phase curves, we investigate how the planet and its atmosphere could be characterized by spatiallyunresolved spectro-photometry of the system with JWST and EChO.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Franck Selsis, R. D. Wordsworth, F. Forget, Vincent Eymet. Modeling the phase curve of hot rocky planets with 3D climate models. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. p.1344, 2011, 2011, Nantes, France. pp.1344. ⟨hal-00667144⟩