Infrared radiative transfer in atmospheres of Earth-like planets around F, G, K, and M stars: I. Clear-sky thermal emission spectra and weighting functions

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 549, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vasquez, M ^a   Schreier, F ^a   Gimeno Garcia S ^a,b   Kitzmann, D ^c   Patzer, B ^c   Rauer, H ^a,c   Trautmann, T ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared: planetary systems; Planets and satellites: atmospheres; Radiative transfer; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SIGNATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DETECTABILITY; EARTH-LIKE PLANETS; EMISSION FEATURES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXO-PLANETS; EXOPLANET; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; FALSE POSITIVE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRA; INFRARED RADIATIVE TRANSFER; INFRARED: PLANETARY SYSTEMS; M STARS; MIXED GAS; MOLECULAR ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR SIGNATURES; NON-EXISTENCE; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: ATMOSPHERES; RADIATION SOURCE; RADIATIVE PROCESS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER PROCESS; REDUCED RESOLUTION; SCHWARZSCHILD; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; STELLAR RADIATION; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL EMISSIONS; THERMAL INFRARED; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; STARS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

PLANETS;

EID: 84871256447     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219898     Document Type: Article

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