Arjuna is a graduate student working in Prof. Patrick Irwin’s planetary group. His research focuses on the atmospheres of the ice giant planets of the solar system, Uranus & Neptune. His work utilises the technique of retrieval theory to test and constrain different models (e.g., different cloud parameterisation models) in their ability to reproduce features seen within the two ice giant atmospheres. This is carried out using Prof. Patrick Irwin’s retrieval code NEMESIS (Non-linear optimal Estimator for MultivariatE Spectral analysIS), using observed spectra in the visible and near-infrared as a guide.
Research interests
Planetary atmospheres
Radiative transfer
Ice giants
Selected publications
Latitudinal variation of methane mole fraction above clouds in Neptune's atmosphere from VLT/MUSE-NFM: limb-darkening reanalysis
Icarus Elsevier 357 (2020) 114277