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Table 2

Values of parameters used in the reference case of the present work (case treated by Wordsworth 2015).

Parameter Symbol Value
Planet characteristics
Planet mass (M) Mp 1.0
Planet radius (R) Rp 1.0
Atmospheric properties
Molecular mass (g mol−1) 44.01
Heat capacity per unit mass (J kg−1 K−1) Cp 650
SW mean opacity (m2 kg−1) κS 10−9
LW mean opacity (m2 kg−1) κL 5 × 10−5
SW scattering parameter βS0 1.0
LW scattering parameter βL0 1.0
Surface properties
Surface albedo As 0.2
Bulk drag coefficient CD 3.4 × 10−3
Parameters of the heat engines
Efficiency parameter of sensible heating εsen 0.5
Efficiency parameter of advection εadv 8 × 10−3
Timescale of Rayleigh drag (days) tdrag 10

Notes. The acronyms SW and LW are used in place of “shortwave” and “longwave”, respectively.

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