LIFE can constrain atmospheric H2O abundances from roughly 10^{-3} to 1 bar surface pressure on Earth-like exoplanets for certain vertical profiles, providing a potential proxy for surface oceans, but cannot detect water below 10^{-6} bar or precisely characterize the highest abundances.
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A structured review of technosignatures organized by scales from Earth to the universe, covering planetary, stellar, interstellar, and galactic possibilities along with detection methods and synergies with biosignatures.
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The Goldilocks problem for detecting water in terrestrial planets: Constraining water abundances in the mid-IR with LIFE
LIFE can constrain atmospheric H2O abundances from roughly 10^{-3} to 1 bar surface pressure on Earth-like exoplanets for certain vertical profiles, providing a potential proxy for surface oceans, but cannot detect water below 10^{-6} bar or precisely characterize the highest abundances.
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The Search for Technosignatures: a Review of Possibilities
A structured review of technosignatures organized by scales from Earth to the universe, covering planetary, stellar, interstellar, and galactic possibilities along with detection methods and synergies with biosignatures.