Sonora 2018 models provide radiative-convective equilibrium structures and emergent flux spectra for non-irradiated, substellar objects. The dataset likely contains temperature-pressure profiles and gas mixing ratios for cloudless atmospheres with solar composition, covering effective temperatures from 200 to 2400 K and log gravity from 3.25 to 5.5. Mark S. Marley of Ames Research Center authored these models for submission to Astrophysical Journal.
Use Cases
- Simulating emergent flux spectra for substellar objects based on the provided radiative-convective equilibrium structures.
- Analyzing atmospheric temperature and pressure profiles across a range of effective temperatures and gravities.
- Studying chemical equilibrium and gas mixing ratios in cloud-free, solar-metallicity atmospheres.
- Calculating filter bandpass fluxes for observational planning based on the 'flux table' files.
Strengths
- Models cover a defined parameter space: effective temperatures from 200 to 2400 K and log gravity from 3.25 to 5.5.
- Includes multiple data products: atmosphere structures, spectra, and filter bandpass fluxes.
- Assumes a specific chemical equilibrium condition ('Rainout') and uses solar metallicity and C/O ratio.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Mark S. Marley, Ames Research Center
- Collection Method
- Theoretical model calculation for non-irradiated, substellar mass objects.