The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project
Planets in synchronous rotation around low-mass stars are the most salient targets for current ground- and space-based missions to observe and characterize. Such model calculations can help to prioritize targets for observation with current and future missions; however, intrinsic differences in the...
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| author | Jacob Haqq-Misra Eric T. Wolf Thomas J. Fauchez Aomawa L. Shields Ravi K. Kopparapu |
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| description | Planets in synchronous rotation around low-mass stars are the most salient targets for current ground- and space-based missions to observe and characterize. Such model calculations can help to prioritize targets for observation with current and future missions; however, intrinsic differences in the complexity and physical parameterizations of various models can lead to different predictions of a planet’s climate state. Understanding model differences is necessary if such models are to guide target selection and aid in the analysis of observations. This paper presents a protocol to intercompare models of a hypothetical planet with a 15-day synchronous rotation period around a 3000 K blackbody star across a parameter space of surface pressure and incident instellation. We conduct a sparse sample of 16 cases from a previously published exploration of this parameter space with the ExoPlaSim model. By selecting particular cases across this broad parameter space, the SAMOSA intercomparison will identify areas where simpler models are sufficient, as well as areas where more complex GCMs are required. Our preliminary comparison using ExoCAM shows general consistency between the climate state predicted by ExoCAM and ExoPlaSim except in regions of the parameter space most likely to be in a steam atmosphere or incipient runaway greenhouse state. We use this preliminary analysis to define several options for participation in the intercomparison by models of all levels of complexity. The participation of other GCMs is crucial to understand how the atmospheric states across this parameter space differ with model capabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f9e6976363bc4b08866b6201dfd6a8f72025-08-20T02:13:03ZengIOP PublishingThe Planetary Science Journal2632-33382022-01-0131126010.3847/PSJ/ac9479The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison ProjectJacob Haqq-Misra0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4346-2611Eric T. Wolf1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7188-1648Thomas J. Fauchez2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-9631Aomawa L. Shields3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7086-9516Ravi K. Kopparapu4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5893-2471Blue Marble Space Institute of Science , Seattle, WA, USA ; jacob@bmsis.orgLaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder, CO, USANASA Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA; American University , Washington DC, USADepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , Irvine, CA, USANASA Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAPlanets in synchronous rotation around low-mass stars are the most salient targets for current ground- and space-based missions to observe and characterize. Such model calculations can help to prioritize targets for observation with current and future missions; however, intrinsic differences in the complexity and physical parameterizations of various models can lead to different predictions of a planet’s climate state. Understanding model differences is necessary if such models are to guide target selection and aid in the analysis of observations. This paper presents a protocol to intercompare models of a hypothetical planet with a 15-day synchronous rotation period around a 3000 K blackbody star across a parameter space of surface pressure and incident instellation. We conduct a sparse sample of 16 cases from a previously published exploration of this parameter space with the ExoPlaSim model. By selecting particular cases across this broad parameter space, the SAMOSA intercomparison will identify areas where simpler models are sufficient, as well as areas where more complex GCMs are required. Our preliminary comparison using ExoCAM shows general consistency between the climate state predicted by ExoCAM and ExoPlaSim except in regions of the parameter space most likely to be in a steam atmosphere or incipient runaway greenhouse state. We use this preliminary analysis to define several options for participation in the intercomparison by models of all levels of complexity. The participation of other GCMs is crucial to understand how the atmospheric states across this parameter space differ with model capabilities.https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac9479Exoplanet atmospheresPlanetary climatesPlanetary atmospheres |
| spellingShingle | Jacob Haqq-Misra Eric T. Wolf Thomas J. Fauchez Aomawa L. Shields Ravi K. Kopparapu The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project The Planetary Science Journal Exoplanet atmospheres Planetary climates Planetary atmospheres |
| title | The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project |
| title_full | The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project |
| title_fullStr | The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project |
| title_short | The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project |
| title_sort | sparse atmospheric model sampling analysis samosa intercomparison motivations and protocol version 1 0 a cuisines model intercomparison project |
| topic | Exoplanet atmospheres Planetary climates Planetary atmospheres |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac9479 |
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