A temperature and abundance retrieval method for exoplanet atmospheres

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-39

  Madhusudhan, N ^a   Seager, S ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods: numerical; Planetary systems; Planets and satellites: general; Planets and satellites: individual (HD 209458b, HD 189733b); Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949101783     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/24     Document Type: Article

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