Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Dec 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003agufm.p41b0414t&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2003, abstract #P41B-0414
Computer Science
Sound
0315 Biosphere/Atmosphere Interactions
Scientific paper
We are using computer models to explore the observational sensitivity to changes in atmospheric and surface properties, and the detectability of biosignatures, in the globally averaged spectrum of the Earth. Using AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) data, as input on atmospheric and surface properties, we have generated spatially resolved high-resolution synthetic spectra using the SMART radiative transfer model (developed by D. Crisp), for a variety of conditions, from the UV to the far-IR (beyond the range of current Earth-based satellite data). We have then averaged over the visible disk for a number of different viewing geometries to quantify the sensitivity to surface types and atmospheric features as a function of viewing geometry, and spatial and spectral resolution. These results have been processed with an instrument simulator to improve our understanding of the detectable characteristics of Earth-like planets as viewed by the first (and probably second) generation extrasolar terrestrial planet detection and characterization missions (Terrestrial Planet Finder/Darwin and Life finder). This model can also be used to analyze Earth-shine data for detectability of planetary characteristics in disk-averaged spectra.
Crisp Dave
Fishbein Evan
Fong Wai
Meadows Victoria S.
Tinetti Giovanna
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