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Mapping the Cloud-driven Atmospheric Dynamics and Chemistry of an Isolated Exoplanet Analog with Harmonic Signatures

  • Authors: Michael K. Plummer, Francis P. Cocchini, Peter A. Kearns, Allison M. McCarthy, Étienne Artigau, Nicolas B. Cowan, Roman Akhmetshyn, Johanna M. Vos, Evert Nasedkin, Channon Visscher, Björn Benneke, René Doyon, Stanimir A. Metchev, Jason F. Rowe, Genaro Suárez

Michael K. Plummer et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 171 .

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Caption: Figure 6.

NIRISS/SOSS (left) and NIRSpec/PRISM (right) spectral features’ deviations from bulk variability for SIMP J0136. Top row: presumed iron (lower layer, 1.0–1.4 μm) and forsterite (upper layer, 1.4 –1.8 μm) cloud modulation. Wavelengths are based on models and previous observations of cloud-influenced pressure levels and wavelengths for SIMP J0136 (see, e.g., J. M. Vos et al. 2023; A. M. McCarthy et al. 2025). Second row: H2O deviation map, anticorrelated with forsterite cloud modulation. Third row: CO deviation map, anticorrelated with forsterite cloud modulation. Fourth row: low-altitude CH4 deviation map, correlated with forsterite cloud modulation. Fifth row: (NIRSpec/PRISM only) high-altitude CH4 deviation map. The deviations possess similar harmonic periodicity of a low-altitude CH4 feature above the cloud tops but with a reverse sign, tentatively indicating emission at higher altitudes. Bottom row: (NIRSpec/PRISM only) high-altitude continuum deviation, correlated with forsterite cloud modulation.

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