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DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/766/2/133 |
ON THE EFFECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL MATS AND LAND PLANTS ON THE EARTH AS A PLANET. PHOTOMETRIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC LIGHT CURVES OF PALEO-EARTHS | |
Sanroma, E.1,2; Palle, E.1,2; Garcia Munoz, A.1,2 | |
通讯作者 | Sanroma, E. |
来源期刊 | ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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ISSN | 0004-637X |
出版年 | 2013 |
卷号 | 766期号:2 |
英文摘要 | Understanding the spectral and photometric variability of the Earth and the rest of the solar system planets has become of utmost importance for the future characterization of rocky exoplanets. As this is not only interesting at present times but also along the planetary evolution, we studied the effect that the evolution of microbial mats and plants over land has had on the way our planet looks from afar. As life evolved, continental surfaces changed gradually and non-uniformly from deserts through microbial mats to land plants, modifying the reflective properties of the ground and most likely the distribution of moisture and cloudiness. Here, we used a radiative transfer model of the Earth, together with geological paleo-records of the continental distribution and a reconstructed cloud distribution, to simulate the visible and near-IR radiation reflected by our planet as a function of Earth’s rotation. We found that the evolution from deserts to microbial mats and to land plants produces detectable changes in the globally averaged Earth’s reflectance. The variability of each surface type is located in different bands and can induce reflectance changes of up to 40% in period of hours. We conclude that by using photometric observations of an Earth-like planet at different photometric bands it would be possible to discriminate between different surface types. While recent literature proposes the red-edge feature of vegetation near 0.7 mu m as a signature for land plants, observations in near-IR bands can be equally or even better suited for this purpose. |
英文关键词 | astrobiology Earth planets and satellites: atmospheres planets and satellites: surfaces radiative transfer |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Spain |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000316320900067 |
WOS关键词 | DISK-AVERAGED SPECTRA ; VEGETATION SIGNATURE ; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS ; HABITABLE ZONE ; LUNAR ECLIPSE ; RED-EDGE ; VARIABILITY ; ATMOSPHERE ; STAR ; PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
WOS类目 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
WOS研究方向 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/175959 |
作者单位 | 1.Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Spain; 2.Univ La Laguna, Dept Astrofis, E-38206 San Cristobal la Laguna, Spain |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sanroma, E.,Palle, E.,Garcia Munoz, A.. ON THE EFFECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL MATS AND LAND PLANTS ON THE EARTH AS A PLANET. PHOTOMETRIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC LIGHT CURVES OF PALEO-EARTHS[J],2013,766(2). |
APA | Sanroma, E.,Palle, E.,&Garcia Munoz, A..(2013).ON THE EFFECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL MATS AND LAND PLANTS ON THE EARTH AS A PLANET. PHOTOMETRIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC LIGHT CURVES OF PALEO-EARTHS.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,766(2). |
MLA | Sanroma, E.,et al."ON THE EFFECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL MATS AND LAND PLANTS ON THE EARTH AS A PLANET. PHOTOMETRIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC LIGHT CURVES OF PALEO-EARTHS".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 766.2(2013). |
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