Caroline Morley

7.3k citations
97 papers · 2.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 30

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 1%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Planetary Science and Exploration

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 94
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 86
    • Astro and Planetary Science 56
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 53
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 4
  • Instrumentation 27
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 27
Co-authors
Jonathan J. Fortney (41 shared papers)Mark S. Marley (34 shared papers)Eliza M.-R. Kempton (15 shared papers)Roxana Lupu (12 shared papers)Nikole K. Lewis (14 shared papers)Michael R. Line (11 shared papers)Kevin Zahnle (4 shared papers)Adam P. Showman (7 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (29 papers)The Astronomical Journal (18 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (13 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (7 papers)Nature Astronomy (3 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesFranceUnited Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Caroline Morley

94 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Caroline Morley's Hit Papers

No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c 2023 · 108 citations
1080+1+2Years since publication255075100
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 2023 Nature

Peers

Caroline Morley
Comparison fields: 5 of 54
  • Instrumentation 648
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 2.3k
  • Atmospheric Science 579
  • Spectroscopy 260
  • Geophysics 84
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Caroline Morley, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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TRANSITIONS IN THE CLOUD COMPOSITION OF HOT JUPITERS
The Astrophysical Journal ·Vivien Parmentier, Jonathan J. Fortney, Adam P. Showman, Caroline Morley, Mark S. Marley
2016153
2
A sub-Neptune exoplanet with a low-metallicity methane-depleted atmosphere and Mie-scattering clouds
Nature Astronomy ·Björn Benneke, Heather A. Knutson, Joshua D. Lothringer, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Julianne I. Moses, Caroline Morley, Laura Kreidberg, Benjamin J. Fulton, Diana Dragomir, Andrew W. Howard, Ian Wong, Jean-Michel Désert, P. R. McCullough, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Jonathan J. Fortney, Ronald L. Gilliland, Drake Deming, Joshua A. Kammer
2019121
3
THERMAL EMISSION and REFLECTED LIGHT SPECTRA of SUPER EARTHS with FLAT TRANSMISSION SPECTRA
DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Caroline Morley, Jonathan J. Fortney, Mark S. Marley, Kevin Zahnle, Michael R. Line, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Nikole K. Lewis, Kerri Cahoy
2015118
4
QUANTITATIVELY ASSESSING THE ROLE OF CLOUDS IN THE TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF GJ 1214b
The Astrophysical Journal ·Caroline Morley, Jonathan J. Fortney, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Mark S. Marley, Channon Vissher, Kevin Zahnle
2013118
5
SPITZERSECONDARY ECLIPSES OF THE DENSE, MODESTLY-IRRADIATED, GIANT EXOPLANET HAT-P-$20{\rm b}$ USING PIXEL-LEVEL DECORRELATION
The Astrophysical Journal ·Drake Deming, Heather A. Knutson, Joshua A. Kammer, Benjamin J. Fulton, James G. Ingalls, S. Carey, Adam Burrows, Jonathan J. Fortney, Kamen Todorov, Eric Agol, Nicolas B. Cowan, Jean-Michel Désert, Jonathan Fraine, Jonathan Langton, Caroline Morley, Adam P. Showman
2015110
6
No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c
Nature ·Sebastian Zieba, Laura Kreidberg, Elsa Ducrot, M. Gillon, Caroline Morley, Laura Schaefer, Patrick Tamburo, Daniel D. B. Koll, Xintong Lyu, L. Acuña, Eric Agol, Aishwarya Iyer, Renyu Hu, Andrew Lincowski, Victoria Meadows, Franck Selsis, Émeline Bolmont, Avi M. Mandell, Gabrielle Suissa
Hit paper breakdown →		2023108
7
Retrieval of atmospheric properties of cloudy L dwarfs
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Ben Burningham, Mark S. Marley, Michael R. Line, Roxana Lupu, Channon Visscher, Caroline Morley, D. Saumon, Richard Freedman
201787
8
ACCESS I. AN OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF GJ 1214b REVEALS A HETEROGENEOUS STELLAR PHOTOSPHERE
The Astrophysical Journal ·Benjamin V. Rackham, Néstor Espinoza, Dániel Apai, Mercedes López‐Morales, Andrés Jordán, D. J. Osip, Nikole K. Lewis, F. Rodler, Jonathan Fraine, Caroline Morley, Jonathan J. Fortney
201783
9
THE ATMOSPHERES OF EARTHLIKE PLANETS AFTER GIANT IMPACT EVENTS
The Astrophysical Journal ·Roxana Lupu, Kevin Zahnle, Mark S. Marley, Laura Schaefer, Bruce Fegley, Caroline Morley, Kerri Cahoy, Richard Freedman, Jonathan J. Fortney
201478
10
FORWARD AND INVERSE MODELING OF THE EMISSION AND TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF GJ 436B: INVESTIGATING METAL ENRICHMENT, TIDAL HEATING, AND CLOUDS
The Astronomical Journal ·Caroline Morley, Heather A. Knutson, Michael R. Line, Jonathan J. Fortney, Daniel Thorngren, Mark S. Marley, Dillon Teal, Roxana Lupu
201769
11
DISCOVERY OF A WIDE PLANETARY-MASS COMPANION TO THE YOUNG M3 STAR GU PSC
The Astrophysical Journal ·Marie-Ève Naud, Étienne Artigau, Lison Malo, Loïc Albert, René Doyon, David Lafreniére, Jonathan Gagné, D. Saumon, Caroline Morley, F. Allard, D. Homeier, Charles Beichman, Christopher R. Gelino, Anne Boucher
201458
12
The Featureless Transmission Spectra of Two Super-puff Planets
The Astronomical Journal ·Jessica E. Libby-Roberts, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, Jean-Michel Désert, K. Masuda, Caroline Morley, Eric Lopez, Katherine M. Deck, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Jonathan J. Fortney, Michael R. Line, Roberto Sanchis-Ojeda, Joshua N. Winn
202052
13
Observations of Disequilibrium CO Chemistry in the Coldest Brown Dwarfs
The Astronomical Journal ·Brittany Miles, Andrew Skemer, Caroline Morley, Mark S. Marley, Jonathan J. Fortney, Katelyn Allers, Jacqueline K. Faherty, T. R. Geballe, Channon Visscher, Adam C. Schneider, Roxana Lupu, Richard Freedman, G. L. Bjoraker
202051
14
SPECTRAL VARIABILITY FROM THE PATCHY ATMOSPHERES OF T AND Y DWARFS
The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Caroline Morley, Mark S. Marley, Jonathan J. Fortney, Roxana Lupu
201443
15
Sulfur-driven haze formation in warm CO2-rich exoplanet atmospheres
Nature Astronomy ·Chao He, Sarah M. Hörst, Nikole K. Lewis, Xinting Yu, Julianne I. Moses, Patricia McGuiggan, Mark S. Marley, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Sarah E. Moran, Caroline Morley, V. Vuitton
202042
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A COMPARISON OF NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOMETRY AND SPECTRA FOR Y DWARFS WITH A NEW GENERATION OF COOL CLOUDY MODELS
The Astrophysical Journal ·S. K. Leggett, Caroline Morley, Mark S. Marley, D. Saumon, Jonathan J. Fortney, Channon Visscher
201339
17
CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder) ·Jessica E. Libby-Roberts, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, Hannah Diamond-Lowe, Michael Gully-Santiago, Jonathan Irwin, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Benjamin V. Rackham, David Charbonneau, Jean-Michel Désert, Jason Dittmann, R. Hofmann, Caroline Morley, Elisabeth Newton
202236
18
Chemistry of Temperate Super-Earth and Mini-Neptune Atmospheric Hazes from Laboratory Experiments
The Planetary Science Journal ·Sarah E. Moran, Sarah M. Hörst, V. Vuitton, Chao He, Nikole K. Lewis, L. Flandinet, Julianne I. Moses, Nicole North, François‐Régis Orthous‐Daunay, Joshua A. Sebree, Cédric Wolters, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Mark S. Marley, Caroline Morley, Jeff A. Valenti
202036
19
An L Band Spectrum of the Coldest Brown Dwarf
The Astrophysical Journal ·Caroline Morley, Andrew Skemer, Katelyn Allers, Mark S. Marley, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Channon Visscher, Samuel A. Beiler, Brittany Miles, Roxana Lupu, Richard Freedman, Jonathan J. Fortney, T. R. Geballe, G. L. Bjoraker
201836
20
arXiv (Cornell University) ·Erin May, Thaddeus D. Komacek, Kevin B. Stevenson, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Jacob L. Bean, Matej Malik, Jegug Ih, Megan Mansfield, Arjun B. Savel, Drake Deming, Jean-Michel Désert, Y. Katherina Feng, Jonathan J. Fortney, Tiffany Kataria, Nikole K. Lewis, Caroline Morley, Emily Rauscher, Adam P. Showman
202135

About Caroline Morley

Caroline Morley is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atmospheric Science, Spectroscopy and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 97 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (86 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (56 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (53 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (21 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (12 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (4 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (648 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (579 citations), Spectroscopy (260 citations) and Geophysics (84 citations). Caroline Morley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jonathan J. Fortney, Mark S. Marley, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Roxana Lupu, Nikole K. Lewis, Michael R. Line, Kevin Zahnle, Adam P. Showman, Richard Freedman and Channon Visscher. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Nature Astronomy.

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