Clouds in the atmospheres of extrasolar planets: III. Impact of low and high-level clouds on the reflection spectra of Earth-like planets

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 534, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kitzmann, D ^a   Patzer, A B C ^a   Von Paris, P ^b   Godolt, M ^a   Rauer, H ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

astrobiology; atmospheres; atmospheric effects; planets and satellites

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MOLECULES; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD MODELS; CLOUD TYPES; CURRENT GENERATION; DETECTABILITY; EARTH-LIKE PLANETS; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; ICE CLOUDS; IR WAVELENGTHS; LOW RESOLUTION; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MOLECULAR FEATURE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PLANETS AND SATELLITES; RADIATION FLUXES; REFLECTED LIGHT; REFLECTION SPECTRA; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SPECTRAL ALBEDOS; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; STELLAR RADIATION; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; ION BEAMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; PLANETS; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STARS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 80053519380     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117375     Document Type: Article

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