扩展CO2截面对温带无氧行星大气的影响
Wynter Broussard1, Edward W Schwieterman1,2, Clara Sousa-Silva3,4
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; abrou009@ucr.edu.
概括
对二氧化碳 (CO2) 的精确紫外线吸收数据对于模拟系外行星大气至关重要. 新的二氧化碳截面处方对大气模型的影响最小,即使紫外线范围扩大.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 大气化学 大气化学
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 对外行星大气层的解释依赖于模型的准确输入数据.
- 紫外线分子吸收截面是至关重要的,但在长波长时通常表征不佳.
- 光解反应,尤其是二氧化碳 (CO2) 的反应,是地球大气化学的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为系外行星大气模型构建和验证新的二氧化碳截面规范.
- 评估扩展的二氧化碳截面对古老气候模型的影响.
- 研究二氧化碳光解对大气组成和水蒸气屏蔽的影响.
主要方法:
- 额外推算测量到的二氧化碳截面超过200nm,在195K和300K.
- 开发了新的二氧化碳截面处方.
- 使用新的处方与通常用于阿基亚式大气层的常用处方比较模型结果.
主要成果:
- 扩展的二氧化碳截面通常对系外行星大气的观测影响很小.
- 影响是可以忽略不计的,除非排除最不保守 (最高不透明) 的处方.
- 实施扩展CO2截面并不会显著改变扩展水蒸气 (H2O) 截面的光化学冲击结果.
结论:
- 新的二氧化碳截面处方为系外行星大气模型提供了更高的准确性.
- 太阳系外行星大气层中二氧化碳的光化学反应对长波长横截面的不确定性具有强大耐用性.
- 进一步的研究应该集中在通过观察数据验证这些处方.
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