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Clouds in the atmospheres of extrasolar planets

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Context. Owing to their wavelength-dependent absorption and scattering properties, clouds have a strong impact on the climate of planetary atmospheres. The potential greenhouse effect of CO2 ice clouds in the atmospheres of terrestrial extrasolar planets is of particular interest because it might influence the position and thus the extension of the outer boundary of the classic habitable zone around main sequence stars. Such a greenhouse effect, however, is a complicated function of the CO2 ice particles’ optical properties.

Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220025

Authors: D. Kitzmann, A. B. C. Patzer, H. Rauer

Institutions: Technische Universität Berlin, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

Language: English

Topic: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4299609920