Advanced 3D radiative transfer with realistic Earth clouds and surfaces halves the predicted reflected-light contrast for nearby rocky exoplanets and shows polarization is more model-sensitive than intensity.
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Planet Earth in reflected and polarized light: II. Refining contrast estimates for rocky exoplanets with ELT and HWO
Advanced 3D radiative transfer with realistic Earth clouds and surfaces halves the predicted reflected-light contrast for nearby rocky exoplanets and shows polarization is more model-sensitive than intensity.