References related to Paleo-Earth, exoplanets light curves, and color

posted Mar 10, 2011, 2:47 PM by Abel Mendez

This is a reference list of web resources related to ‎the project Simulations of Light Curves from Earth-like Exoplanets‎. This list contains links of introductory materials, research articles, software tools, data, and visualizations.

Extrasolar Planets Theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet
http://epoxi.umd.edu/2science/alienmaps.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_habitability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_planet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_Mission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Planet_Finder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPOXI

Earth Theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Paleoearth Theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supercontinents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth

Paint and Color Theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint
http://fun.familyeducation.com/painting/recipes/37039.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_tone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_painting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolor_painting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting
http://www.painting-ideas-and-techniques.com/earth-colors.html
http://www.betsyporter.com/color-recipes.html
http://www.artiscreation.com/Color%20of%20Art.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_wheel
http://r0k.us/graphics/SIHwheel.html

Optical Theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_curve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_albedo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_albedo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractive_index

Data

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/
http://maps.howstuffworks.com/world-vegetation-map.htm
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/
http://www.scotese.com/
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/globaltext2.html
http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl
http://www-surf.larc.nasa.gov/surf/pages/bbalb.html
http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/ALBEDO/index.html

3D Earth Modeling

http://www.noirextreme.com/earth
http://www.chamberlinproductions.org/photoearth.html
http://www.oera.net/How2/Earth1.htm
http://chrusion.com/tutorial_earth.php
http://evildrganymede.net/art/planets/earth.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth
http://watermanpolyhedron.com/
http://planetpixelemporium.com/planets.html
http://www.vterrain.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fracplanet/
http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/
http://terraj.sourceforge.net/
http://sponeil.net/
http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/
http://flatplanet.sourceforge.net/
http://www.radcyberzine.com/xglobe/
http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj/planetary_maps.html
http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.bottlenose.demon.co.uk/share/fracplanet/index.htm
http://sponeil.net/
http://www.vterrain.org/
http://mygimptutorial.com/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial/3
http://www.midnightkite.com/render.html
http://drtypo.free.fr/screenshots.html
http://www.midnightkite.com/render-part2.html

Vizualizations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8eYB_0_d84&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_R0qVoXYoY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrTPuxIYaDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcDed4xVD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QGexKdFUI

Scientific References

http://www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/education/spring02/scalo/ford.pdf
http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0502238
http://frank.harvard.edu/~howard/papers/planets_AWH_011703.pdf
http://spie.org/documents/Newsroom/Imported/1291/1291_4506_0_2008-09-16.pdf
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0911.5621
http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0703328
http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0210277
http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0212551
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0802.1836
http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0610518
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0707.3905
http://www.ucolick.org/~jfortney/papers/Williams06.pdf
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/FACULTY/GAIDOS/williams08.pdf
http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/4341699/Charbonneau_AlienMaps.pdf?sequence=1
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.0570
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0904.0845
http://cips.berkeley.edu/events/rocky-planets-class09/Palle_2009_earth_transm.pdf

Globes Products

http://www.1worldglobes.com/
http://www.giantearthglobes.com

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