Bibcode
Sanromá, E.; Pallé, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 276, p. 547-548
Fecha de publicación:
11
2011
Número de citas
0
Número de citas referidas
0
Descripción
By making use of real information about the continental and oceanic
surface distribution of the Earth, and cloudiness data from the
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), we have
studied the large-scale cloudiness behavior according to latitude and
surface types (ice, water, vegetation and desert). These empirical
relationships are used here to reconstruct the possible cloud
distribution of historical epochs of the Earth history such as Late
Cretaceous (90 My ago) and Late Triasic (230 My ago) when the landmass
distribution was different. This information can be used to simulate the
photometric variability of these planets according to their different
geographical distribution.