tau: A 1D radiative transfer code for transmission spectroscopy of extrasolar planet atmospheres

Abstract
The TAU code is a 1D line-by-line radiative transfer code, which is generally applicable for modeling transmission spectra of close-in extrasolar planets. The inputs are the assumed temperature–pressure profile of the planetary atmosphere, the continuum absorption coefficients and the absorption cross-sections for the trace molecular absorbers present in the model, as well as the fundamental system parameters taken from the published literature. The program then calculates the optical path th...

Title of program: tau
Catalogue Id: AEPN_v1_1

Nature of problem
Calculation of molecular absorption, and hence transit depths, as a function of wavelength for stellar radiation passing through planetary atmospheres.

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
AEPN_v1_0; tau; 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.05.011
AEPN_v1_1; tau; 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.09.017

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2018)