ESA White paper: Atmospheric modeling: Setting Biomarkers in context

Abstract

Motivation: ESAs goal to detect biomarkers in Earth-like exoplanets in the Habitable Zone requires theoretical groundwork that needs to be done to model the influence of different parameters on the detectable biomarkers. We need to model a wide parameter space (chemical composition, pressure, evolution, interior structure and outgassing, clouds) to generate a grid of models that inform our detection strategy as well as can help characterize the spectra of the small rocky planets detected.

Input to the Call for White Papers for Exo-Planet Roadmap Advisory Team May 2008. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=42830