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[52]  "The Sparse Atmospheric MOdel Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) intercomparison: 

           Motivations and protocol version 1.0. A CUISINES model intercomparison project."  

                Haqq-Misra, J.,  Wolf, E.T., Fauchz, T.J.,  Shields, A.L., and Kopparapu, R.K. 

                Accepted at The Planetary Science Journal

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[51]  "Terminator Habitability: The Case for Limited Water Availability on M-dwarf Planets."  

                Lobo, A.H., Shields, A.L. Palubski, I.Z. and Wolf, E.T.

                Under Review

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Refereed Publications

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[50]  "The Outer Edge of the Venus Zone Around Main-Sequence Stars."  

                Vidaurri, M.R., Bastelberger, S.T.,  Wolf, E.T., Domagal-Goldman, S. and Kopparapu, R.K. 

                The Planetary Science Journal, 3:137 (11pp), doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac68e2 

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[49]  "The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI). 

           Part I: Dry Cases - The fellowship of the GCMs."  

                 Turbet, M., Fauchez, T.J., Sergeev, D.E., Boutle, I.A., Tsigaridis, K., Way, M.J., Wolf, E.T.,

                 Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Forget, F., Haqq-Misra, J., Kopparapu, R.K., Lambert, F.H.,  

                 Manners, J., Mayne, N.J., and Sohl, L.

                 The Planetary Science  Journal, 3:211 (17pp), doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac6cf0

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[48]  "The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI). 

           Part II: Moist Cases - The Two Waterworlds."  

                 Sergeev, D.E., Fauchez, T.J., Turbet, M., Boutle, I.A., Tsigaridis, K., Way, M.J., Wolf, E.T.,

                 Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Forget, F., Haqq-Misra, J., Kopparapu, R.K., Lambert, F.H.,  

                 Manners, J., and Mayne, N.J. 

                 The Planetary Science  Journal, 3:212 (26pp), doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac6cf2

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[47]  "The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI). 

           Part III: Simulated Observables - The return of the spectrum."  

                 Fauchez, T.J., Villanueva, G.L., Sergeev, D.E., Turbet, M., Boutle, I.A., Tsigaridis, K., Way, M.J., Wolf, E.T.,

                 Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Forget, F., Haqq-Misra, J., Kopparapu, R.K., Manners, J., and Mayne, N.J. 

                 The Planetary Science  Journal, 3:213 (17pp), doi.og/10.3847/PSJ/ac6cf1

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[46]  "ExoCAM: A 3D Climate Model for Exoplanet Atmospheres"  

                Wolf, E.T., Kopparapu, R., Haqq-Misra, J., and Fauchez, T.

                The Planetary Science Journal, 3:7 (17pp), doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac3f3d

                https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5532765

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---- 2021 ----​

[45]  "Ancient Martian Climate with ROCKE-3D I: Initial experimental setup and results."

             Guzewich, S.D., Way, M., Aleinov, I., Wolf, E.T., Del Genio, A., Wordsworth, R., and Tsigaridis, K.

                Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126, e2021JE006825. doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006825

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[44]  "TRAPPIST Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI) workshop report."  

                Fauchez, T., Turbet, M., Sergeev, D., Mayne, N., Spiga, A., Sohl, L. Saxena, P., Deitrick, R., Gilli, G., Domagal-Goldman, S.D.,

                Forget, F., Consentino, R., Barnes, R., Way, M.J., Haqq-Misa, J.,  Wolf, E.T., Olson, S., Crouse, J.S., Janin, E., Belmont, E., 

                Leconte, J.,  Chaverot, G., Jaziri, Y., Tsigaridis, K., Yang, J., Pidhorodetska, D., Kopparapu, R.K., Chen, H., Boutle, I.,

                Lefevre, M. & Charnay, B.

                The Planetary Science Journal, 2:106 (28pp), doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abf4df

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[43]  "Effects of Spin-Orbit Resonances and Tidal Heating on the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone"  

                Colose, C.M.,Haqq-Misra, J., Wolf, E.T., Del Genio, A.D., Barnes, R., Way, M.J., and Ruedy, R.

                The Astrophysical Journal, 921:25 (33pp), doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac135c

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[42]  "Eccentricity Driven Climate Effects in the Kepler-1649 system"  

                Kane, S.R., Li, X., Wolf, E.T., Ostberg, C., and Hill, M.

                The Astrophysical Journal, 161:31 (9pp) , doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/abcbfd (2021)

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---- 2020 ----

[41]  "Persistence of flare-driven atmospheric chemistry on rocky habitable worlds."  

                Chen, H., Zhan, Z., Youngblood, A., Wolf, E.T., Feinstein, A.D., and Horton, D.E.

                Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01264-1 (2020)

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[40]  "The Effect of Land Albedo on the Climate of Land-Dominated Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System"  

                Rushby, A.J., Shields, A.L., Wolf, E.T., Laguë, M., and Burgasser, A.

                The Astrophysical Journal, 904:124 (14pp)  doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abbe04 (2020)

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[39]  "The Resilience of Habitable Climates Around Circumbinary Stars"  

                Wolf, E.T., Haqq-Misra, J., Kopparapu, R.k., Fauchez, T., Welsh, W.F., Kane, S.R., Rostov, V., and Siegfried, E.

                 Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2020JE006576, doi:10.1029/2020JE006576  (2020)

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[38]  "A Review of Possible Planetary Atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 System."  

                Turbet, M., Bolmont, E., Bourrier, V., Demory, B.-O., Leconte, J., and  Wolf, E.T.         

                Space Science Reviews, 216, 100, doi:10.1007/s11214-020-00719-1  (2020)

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[37]  "The First Habitable Zone Earth-size Planet from TESS. I: Validation of the TOI-700 System."  

                Gilbert, E.W., Barclay, T., Schlieder, J.E., Quintana, E.V., Hord, B.J., Kostov, V.B., Lopez, E.D. et al., and Wolf, E.T.  (95 total authors)

                The Astronomical  Journal,160, 3, doi:10.3847/15388-3881/aba4b2  (2020)

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[36]  "The First Habitable Zone Earth-size Planet from TESS. III: Climate States and

            Characterization Prospects for TOI-700 d"  

                Suissa G.,  Wolf, E.T., Kopparapu, R.k., Villanueva, G.L., Fauchez, T., Mandell, A.M., Arney, G., Gilbert, E.A., Schlieder, J.E., Barclay, T.,

                Quintana, E.V., Lopez, E.D., Rodriguez, J.E., and Vanderburg, A.

                The Astronomical Journal, 160:118 (19pp) doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aba4b4  (2020)

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[35]  "Is the Faint Young Sun Paradox for Earth Solved?"  

                Charnay, B.,  Wolf, E.T.Marty, B., and Forget, F. 

                 Space Science Reviews 216:90, doi:10.1007/s11214-020-00711-9  (2020)

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[34]  "TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet."  

                Kostov, V.B., Orosz, J.A., Feinstein, A.D., Welsh, W.F., Cukier, W. et al., and Wolf, E.T.  (60 total authors)

                 The Astronomical Journal, 159, 253 (26pp), doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab8a48  (2020)

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[33]  "Dim Prospects for Transmission Spectra of Ocean Earths Around M Stars."  

                Suissa, G.,  Mandell, A., Wolf, E.T., Villanueva, G.L., Fauchez, T., and Kopparapu, R.

                The Astrophysical Journal, 891, 57  (2020)

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[32]  "TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI). Part I: Motivations and Protocol."  

                 Fauchez, T., Turbet, M, Wolf, E.T., Way, M.J., Boutle, I., Del Genio, A.D., Kopparapu, R.K., Forget, F., Mayne, N.J., and Domagal-Goldman, S.D. 

                 Geoscientific Model Development 13, 707-716  (2020)

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[31]  "O2 and CO Rich Atmospheres for Potential Habitable Environments on TRAPPIST-1 Planets."  

                Hu, R, Peterson, L., and Wolf, E.T. 

                The Astrophysical Journal, 888:122 (15pp) doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab5f07  (2020)

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[30]  "Clouds will likely prevent the detection of water vapor in

             JWST transmission spectra of terrestrial exoplanets"   

                Komacek, T., Fauchez, T., Wolf, E.T., and Abbot, D.S.

                The Astrophysical Journal 888:L20 (6pp), doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab6200  (2020)

 

---- 2019 ----

[29]  "Constraining the Magnitude of Climate Extremes From

            Time-Varying Installation on a Circumbinary Terrestrial Planet

                Haqq-Misra, J., Wolf, E.T., Welsh, W., Kopparapu, R., Kostov, V., and Kane, S.

                Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124, doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006222  (2019)

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[28]  "Impact of Clouds and Hazes in the Simulatesd JWST Transmission Spectra of

            Habitable Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System."  

                 Fauchez, T., Turbet, M, Villanueva, G.L., Wolf, E.T., Arney, G., Kopparapu, R.K., Lincowski, A., Mandell, A., deWit, J.,

                 Pidhorodetska, D., Domagal-Goldman, S.D., and Stevenson, K.B.

                 The Astrophysical Journal 887:194  (2019)

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[27]  "Stellar Activity Effects on Moist Habitable Terrestrial Atmospheres Around M Dwarfs.

                 Badhan, M.A., Wolf, E.T., Kopparapu, R.K., Arney, G., Kempton, E., Deming, D. and Domagal-Goldman, S.D.

                 The Astrophysical Journal 887:34  (2019)

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[26]  "Habitability and Spectroscopic Observability of Warm M-dwarf Exoplanets

            Evaluated with a 3D Chemistry-Climate Model."   

                Chen, H., Wolf, E.T., Zhan, Z., and Horton, D.E.

                The Astrophysical Journal 886:16  (2019)

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[25]  "Habitable Zone Boundaries for Circumbinary Planets."  

                Cukier, W., Kopprarapu, R., Kane, S.R., Welsh, W., Wolf, E.T., Kostov, V., Haqq-Misra, J.

                Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 131:124402 (5pp)  (2019)  pdf

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[24]  "Scaling Relations for Terrestrial Exoplanet Atmospheres from Baroclinic Criticality." 

                Komacek, T.D., Jansen, M.F., Wolf, E.T. , and Abbot, D.S.

                The Astrophysical Journal 883:46 (8pp)  (2019)  pdf

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[23]  “Black carbon lofts wildfire smoke high into the stratosphere to form a persistent plume.”  

                  Yu, P., Toon, O.B., Bardeen, C.G., Zhu, Y., Rosenlof, K.H., Portmann, R.W., Thornberyy, T.D., Gao, R-.S., Davis, S.M., Wolf, E.T.

                  de Gouw, J., Peterson, D.A., Fromm, M.D., and Robock, A.

                  Science 365, 587-590  (2019)

 

[22]  "Modeling a Transient Secondary Paleolunar Atmosphere: 3-D Simulations and Analysis."    

                 Aleinov, I., Harman, C., Tsigardis. K., Way, M.J.. Wolf, E.T., and Gronoff, G. 

                 Geophysical Research Letters 46, doi:10.1029/2019GL082494  (2019)  pdf

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[21]  "Simulated Phase Dependent Water Vapor and Cloud Spectra of 

            Synchronously Rotating Aquaplanets Near the Habitable Zone."   

                 Wolf, E.T., Kopparapu, R.K., and Haqq-Misra, J. 

                 The Astrophysical Journal, 877:35  (18pp)  (2019)  pdf

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[20]  "Aquaplanet Models on Eccentric Orbits - Effects of Rotation Rate on Observables."   

                 Adams, A.D.,  Boos, W.R., and Wolf, E.T.

                 The Astrophysical Journal, 157:189 (19pp)  (2019)  pdf

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[19]  "3D Dynamical Effects of the Simulation of Water Vapor and Clouds on

            the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone."  

                  Yang, J., Leconte, J., Wolf, E.T., Merlis, T., Koll, D.B.D., Forget, F., and Abbot, D.S.

                  The Astrophysical Journal, 875:46 (16pp)  (2019)  pdf

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---- 2018 ----

[18"Biosignature Anisotropy Modeled on Temperate Tidally-Locked M-dwarf Planets."  

                 Chen, H., Wolf, E.T., Kopparapu, R.K., Domagal-Goldman, S., & Horton, D.E.

                 The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 868:L6 (9pp)  (2018)  pdf

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[17]  "Evaluating Climate Sensitivity to CO2 Across Earth's History.

                 Wolf, E.T., Haqq-Misra, J., and O.B. Toon 

                 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029262  (2018)  pdf

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[16]  "Demarcating circulation regimes of synchronous rotating terrestrial planets near

             the inner edge of the habitable zone."  

                 Haqq-Misra, J., Wolf, E.T., Joshi, M.,  Zhang, X. and Kopparapu, R. K.

                 The Astrophysical Journal, 852:67 (16pp) doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9f1f  (2018)  pdf

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---- 2017 ----

[15]  Habitable Moist Greenhouse Atmospheres on Terrestrial Planets Near the

            Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone Around M-Dwarfs.”   

                 Kopparapu, R.k., Wolf, E.T., Arney, G., Batalha, N., Haqq-Misra, J., Grimm, S.L., and Heng, K.

                 The Astrophysical Journal, 845:5 (16pp), doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7cf9  (2017)  pdf

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[14]  "Why do we find ourselves around a yellow star instead of a red star?

                 Haqq-Misra, J., Kopparapu, R.K., and Wolf, E.T.  

                 International Journal of Astrobiology, doi:10.1017/S1473550417000118  (2017)  pdf

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[13]  "Assessing the Habitability of the TRAPPIST-1 System Using a 3D Climate Model."   

                 Wolf, E.T.  

                 The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 839:L1 (6pp), doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa693a  (2017)  pdf

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[12]  Constraints on climate and habitability for Earth-like exoplanets determined

            from a 3D climate system model.”  

                 Wolf, E.T., Shields, A.L., Kopparapu, R.k.,Haqq-Misra, J., and Toon, O.B.   

                 The Astrophysical Journal, 837:107 (11pp), doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa5ffc  (2017)  pdf

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[11]  "Pale Orange Dots: The Detectability of Organic Haze on Earthlike Exoplanets."  

                 Arney, G., Meadows, V.S., Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Deming, D., Robinson, T., Tovar, G., Wolf, E.T., and  Schwieterman, E.  

                 The Astrophysical Journal, 836:49 (19pp), doi:10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/49  (2017)  pdf

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---- 2016 ----

[10]  The Pale Orange Dot: The Spectrum and Climate of Hazy Archean Earth.” 

                 Arney, G., Domagal-Goldman, S., Meadows, V., Wolf, E.T., Schwieterman, E., Charnay, B., and Claire, M.  

                 Astrobiology 16(11) 1-27, doi: 10.1089/ast.2015.1422  (2016)  pdf

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[9]  "Differences in water vapor radiative transfer among 1D models can  significantly affect the

           inner edge of the habitable zone."  

                 Yang, J., Leconte, J., Wolf, E.T., Goldblatt, C., Feldl, N, Merlis, T., Wang, Y, Koll, D.B.D., Ding, F., Forget, F.,  and Abbot, D.S. 

                 The Astrophysical Journal, 826:222 (11pp), doi:10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/222  (2016)  pdf

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[8]   The Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone for Synchronously Rotating Planets Around Low-Mass

           Stars Using General Circulation Models.”  

                 Kopparapu, R.k., Wolf, E.T., Haqq-Misra, J., Yang, J.,  Kasting, J.F., Meadows, V., Terrien, R., and Mahadevan, S. 

                 The Astrophysical Journal 819:84 (14pp), doi:10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/84  (2016)  pdf

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---- 2015 ----

[7] The evolution of habitable climates under the brightening Sun.”                               

                 Wolf, E.T. and Toon, O.B.

                 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 120 5775-5794, doi:10.1002/2015JD023302  (2015)  pdf

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---- 2014 ----

[6]  Controls on the Archean Climate System Investigated with a Global Climate Model.”  

                 Wolf, E.T. and Toon, O.B. 

                 Astrobiology 14(3) 241-252, doi: 10.1089/ast.2013.1112  (2014)  pdf

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[5]  Delayed onset of runaway and moist greenhouse climates for Earth.” 

                 Wolf, E.T. and Toon, O.B. 

                 Geophyical Research Letters 41, doi:10.1002/ 2013GL058376  (2014)  pdf

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---- 2013 ----

[4]  Hospitable Archean Climates Simulated by a General Circulation Model.” 

                  Wolf, E.T. and Toon, O.B. 

                  Astrobiology 13(7) 1-18, doi:10.1089/ast.2012.0936  (2013)  pdf

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[3]  Atmospheric Production of Glycolaldehyde Under Hazy Prebiotic Conditions.” 

                  Harman, C.E., Kasting, J.F. and Wolf, E.T.

                  Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 43 77-98, doi:10.1007/s11084-013- 9332-7  (2013)  pdf

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---- 2010 ----

[2]  The Hazy Details of Early Earth’s Atmosphere Response.”  

                  Wolf, E.T. and Toon O.B.

                  Science 330, 754-755, doi:10.1126/science.330.6005.754-b.  (2010)

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[1]  Fractal Organic Hazes Provided an Ultraviolet Shield for Early Earth.” 

                  Wolf, E.T. and Toon O.B.

                  Science 328, 1266-1268, doi:10.1126/science.1183260  (2010)  pdf

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White Papers 

[1]  The Importance of 3D General Circulation Models for Characterizing the Climate

           and Habitability of Terrestrial Extrasolar Planets.” 

                  Wolf, E.T., Kopparapu, R.K., Airapetian, V., Fauchez, T., Guzewich, S.D., Kane, S.R., Pidhorodetska, D., Way, M.J., and 22 co-signers

                  Submitted for the Astro 2020 Decadal Survey, arXiv:1903.05012  (2019)  pdf

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[2]  MIRECLE (Mid InfraRed Exoplanet CLimate Explorer): Exploring M-Earths with Ultra-Stable

          Mid-IR Transit and Phase-Curve Spectroscopy” 

                  Staguhn, J., Mandell, A., Stevenson, K., Saxena, P.,  Kopparapu, R.K., Fixsen, D., Sharp, E., DiPirro, M., Knep, C., Wolf, E.T.

                  Sotzen, K., Mandy, K., Gong, Q., Villanueva

                  arXiv:1908.02356  (2019)  pdf

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Book Chapters 

[1]  Characterizing Exoplanet Habitability.

                  Kopparapu, R.K.,  Wolf, E.T., Meadows, V.S.

                  In Planetary Astrobiology Text book arXiv:1911.04441  (2019)

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