A practical guide to atmospheric modeling with Exo_k

Here you will learn how to use the exo_k library to model planetary atmospheres, their radiative properties, and their evolution.

• Modeling atmospheres and their evolution with exo_k: a practical guide
  • Initialization
• The Atm class: An atmospheric radiative-transfer model
  • Loading the radiative data that we will use in our atmospheric model
    • Molecular absorptions: The Kdatabase
    • Collision induced absorptions
    • Rayleigh scattering
  • Building an atmosphere
    • Simple troposphere/stratosphere parametrization
    • Using your own profiles
    • Changing attributes of an atmosphere
    • Optional attributes
  • Transmission spectroscopy
  • Emission spectroscopy
    • Computing top of atmosphere fluxes
    • Turning CIAs on and off
    • Contribution Function
  • Adding reflected light
    • Using a stellar blackbody
    • Using an input stellar spectrum
    • Treating the stellar flux as a collimated flux
  • Heating rates
• Modeling atmospheric evolution with Atm_evolution
  • Tailoring radiative data
  • Initializing an atmospheric evolution
  • Setting evolution options
  • Computing a time evolution
  • Plotting profiles
  • Acceleration
    • Using the radiative kernel
    • Other acceleration modes
  • Saving and loading an atmospheric model
  • Equilibrating an atmosphere
• Tracers and condensing species
  • Putting tracers in your model
  • Tracer related options
  • Specifying initial tracer profiles and tracer sources
    • Setting up an ocean
    • Forcing surface concentration