VSPEC.gcm#

Energy Balance and Heat Transport#

TemperatureMap(epsilon, t0)

A map of the surface temperature.

get_flux(teff_star, r_star, r_orbit)

Get the flux of a star at a certain orbital radius

get_psi(lon)

Translate between longitude and Psi.

pcos(x)

'Positive cosine' -- \(\max{\cos{x},0}\)

colat(lat)

Get the colatitude.

get_t0(star_teff, albedo, r_star, r_orbit)

Get the fiducial temperature for a planet's atmosphere, as defined by Cowan and Agol [2011], equation 4.

get_equator_curve(epsilon, n_points[, mode])

Get the temperature along the equator given thermal inertia epsilon.

energy_balance_error(tmap, lons, lats, ...)

Validate the energy balance.