The PlaSim 3D general climate model, extended for terrestrial planets. This model contains the PlaSim GCM, as well as all necessary modifications to run tidally-locked planets, planets with substantially different surface pressures than Earth, planets orbiting stars with different effective temperatures, super-Earths, and more. This model also includes the ability to compute carbon-silicate weathering, dynamic orography through the glacier module (though only accumulation and ablation/evaporation/melting are included; glacial flow and spreading are not), and storm climatology. Future features will include support for multiple celestial light sources (e.g. for a habitable moon orbiting a Jovian planet, or circumbinary planets), coupling with N-body integrators such as REBOUND, and CO2 condensation. This release includes photochemical haze/dust transport and radiative transfer. Transport and radiative transfer schemes are described in "Haze optical depth in exoplanet atmospheres varies with rotation rate: Implications for observations," Cohen et al. (2024). Includes optical haze constants with corrected backscattering efficiencies, calculated based on data provided in He et al. 2023 and Corrales et al. 2023 for the stellar spectra of TRAPPIST-1 and Wolf 1061. A tutorial has been added demonstrating how to use the aerosol module, including references to the data sources.
Date made available | 6 Dec 2023 |
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Publisher | Zenodo |
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