Planetary Climate Sandbox
Energy balance, greenhouse strength, and habitability reasoning
Station Card (PDF)
Energy budget
Spectral greenhouse
Energy in / out
incoming
reflected
to space (IR)
escape fraction ε_out =
1.00
Band centers are sourced; band shapes are illustrative (not line-by-line spectroscopy).
L
★
1.00
L
☉
d
1.00
AU
A (Bond)
0.30
—
Absorbed
0
W/m²
T
eq
0
K
τ
IR
0.00
—
ε
out
1.00
—
T
surf
0
K
ΔT
0
K
Controls
Preset:
Stellar luminosity
1.00 L☉
Distance
1.00 AU
Bond albedo
0.30
Greenhouse strength (τ
IR
)
0.49
Heat redistribution
Full redistribution (global average)
Dayside emission (less emitting area → warmer)
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Mission:
Albedo experiment
Greenhouse experiment
Redistribution experiment
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