Planetary Climate

行星气候

• 批准号: CRC-2019-00317
• 负责人: Cowan, Nicolas
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=730760
• 关键词: Planetary; Climate

Prof. Nicolas Cowan studies planetary climate, among the most complex physical systems in the Universe. His interdisciplinary group uses cutting-edge telescopes to observe diverse planets orbiting other stars. Notably, their investigations of exoplanet climate often draw on knowledge of Earth and Solar System worlds. He is a world leader in using the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to study hot Jupiters, gas giants orbiting their host star in a matter of days. The James Webb space telescope will allow Cowan to extend these studies to smaller and cooler planets, including temperate terrestrial¿potentially habitable¿planets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars.

尼古拉斯·考恩教授研究行星气候，这是宇宙中最复杂的物理系统之一。他的跨学科小组使用尖端望远镜观察围绕其他恒星运行的不同行星。值得注意的是，他们对系外行星气候的研究经常利用地球和太阳系世界的知识。他在使用哈勃和斯皮策太空望远镜研究热木星方面处于世界领先地位，热木星是一种气体巨星，在几天内绕其主星运行一周。詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜将允许考恩将这些研究扩展到更小、更冷的行星，包括围绕附近红矮星运行的温带陆地潜在宜居行星。