Publications

Three-dimensional transport-induced chemistry on temperate sub-Neptune K2-18b, Part II: the combined effects of atmospheric dynamics and chemical reactions

Part II of a series on atmospheric dynamics and transport-induced chemistry on K2-18b. In this paper, we presented a detailed analysis of the 3D chemical structures on K2-18b, and by comparing our synthetic transmission to JWST observations, we found that K2-18b’s interior can be interpreted as a gas-rich mini-Neptune with ~180x solar metallicity. We also constrained a 1D Kzz profile for further use in the 1D models.

Three-dimensional transport-induced chemistry on temperate sub-Neptune K2-18b, Part I: the effects of atmospheric dynamics

This is Part I of a series. In Part I, we examine atmospheric dynamics and its impact on the transport of passive tracers on K2-18b. Part II extends this work to active chemical species and compares synthetic transmission spectra from our 3D model with JWST observations

Formation of near-surface atmospheric inversion and surface inversion in hothouse climates

Hydrologic cycle weakening in hothouse climates

Global mean precipitation decreases with surface warming in hothouse climates (Ts>~320 K), contradictory to what we expect under current global warming.

Convection and clouds under different planetary gravities simulated by a small-domain cloud-resolving model