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

Post date: Mar 10, 2011 10:47:27 PM

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