Daniel Koll

Daniel Koll

Assistant Professor, Peking University

First- and Second-author publications

* = advised student

  1. Quan H.*, D.D.B. Koll, N. Lutsko, J. Yuval (submitted), Optimal Solar Geoengineering Strategies Based on Reinforcement Learning.

  2. Zhan R.*, D.D.B.Koll , F. Ding (2024), Novel Atmospheric Dynamics shape Inner Edge of Habitable Zone around White Dwarfs, The Astrophysical Journal. [arxiv] [journal]

  3. Xu Y.*, D.D.B. Koll (2024), CO2-Dependence of Longwave Clear-Sky Feedback Is Sensitive to Temperature, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108259. [journal]

  4. Lyu X.*, D.D.B. Koll, N. Cowan, R. Hu, L. Kreidberg, B. Rose (2024), Super-Earth LHS 3844b is tidally locked, The Astrophysical Journal, 964, 152. [journal] [arxiv] [nature highlights]

  5. Koll D.D.B., N. Jeevanjee, N. Lutsko (2023), An Analytic Model for the Clear-sky Longwave Feedback, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. [journal] [accepted version]

  6. Koll D.D.B. (2022), A Scaling for Atmospheric Heat Redistribution on Tidally Locked Rocky Planets, The Astrophysical Journal, 924, 134. [arxiv] [journal]

  7. Richards B.*, D.D.B. Koll, T. Cronin (2021), Seasonal Hysteresis Between Local Outgoing Longwave Radiation and Surface Temperature, Geophysical Research Letters. [journal]
          Also check out the data behind the paper in this great visualization.

  8. Koll D.D.B. (2021), Atmospheric Modeling: 1D Model. Gargaud M. et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. [link]

  9. Koll D.D.B. (2021), Atmospheric Modeling: Radiative-Convective Equilibrium. Gargaud M. et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. [link]

  10. Jeevanjee, N., D.D.B. Koll, N. Lutsko (2021), Simpson’s Law and the Spectral Cancellation of Feedbacks, Geophysical Research Letters. [journal]

  11. Koll D.D.B., M. Malik, M. Mansfield, E. M.-R. Kempton, E. Kite, D. Abbot, and J. Bean (2019), Identifying Candidate Atmospheres on Rocky M Dwarf Planets via Eclipse Photometry, The Astrophysical Journal, 886, 2. [arxiv] [journal] News: a b

  12. Koll D.D.B. and T. Cronin (2019), Hot Hydrogen Climates near the inner edge of the Habitable Zone, The Astrophysical Journal, 881, 2. [arxiv] [journal]

  13. Kreidberg L., D.D.B. Koll, C. Morley, R. Hu, et al. (2019), Absence of a thick atmosphere on the terrestrial exoplanet LHS 3844b, Nature, 573, 87-90. [arxiv] [journal] News: a b c d e f

  14. Koll D.D.B. and T. Cronin (2018), Earth’s outgoing longwave radiation linear due to H2O greenhouse effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [journal] News: a

  15. Koll D.D.B. and T. Komacek (2018), Atmospheric Circulations of Hot Jupiters as Planetary Heat Engines, The Astrophysical Journal, 853, 133. [arxiv] [journal]

  16. Koll D.D.B. and D. Abbot (2016), Temperature Structure and Atmospheric Circulation of Dry, Tidally Locked Rocky Exoplanets, The Astrophysical Journal, 825, 99. [arxiv] [journal]

  17. Koll D.D.B. and D. Abbot (2015), Deciphering Thermal Phase Curves of Dry, Tidally Locked Terrestrial Planets, The Astrophysical Journal, 802, 21. [arxiv] [journal]

  18. Koll D.D.B. and D. Abbot (2013), Why Tropical Sea Surface Temperature is Insensitive to Ocean Heat Transport Changes, Journal of Climate, 26, 6742-6749. [journal]

    Other publications

  19. Mansfield M., Q. Xue, M. Zhang et al [including D.D.B. Koll], No Thick Atmosphere on the Terrestrial Exoplanet Gl 486b. [arxiv]

  20. Xue Q., J. Bean, M. Zhang et al [including D.D.B. Koll], JWST Thermal Emission of the Terrestrial Exoplanet GJ 1132b. [arxiv]

  21. Lutsko N., J. Martinez-Claros, D.D.B. Koll (2024), Atmospheric Moisture Decreases Mid-Latitude Eddy Kinetic Energy, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. [preprint] [journal]

  22. TRAPPIST-1 JWST Community Initiative [including D.D.B. Koll] (2024), A roadmap for the atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets with JWST, Nature Astronomy. [arxiv] [journal]

  23. Gillon M., P. Pedersen, B. Rackham et al [including D.D.B. Koll and X. Lyu*] (2024), Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3, Nature Astronomy. [journal]

  24. Lincowski A., V. Meadows, S. Zieba, et al [including D.D.B. Koll and X. Lyu*] (2023), Potential Atmospheric Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 c constrained by JWST/MIRI Observations at 15 μm, ApJL. [journal] [arxiv]

  25. Zieba, S., Kreidberg, L., Ducrot, E. et al [including D.D.B. Koll and X. Lyu*] (2023), No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c, Nature. [journal] [arxiv] News: a b

  26. Barclay T., K. B. Sheppard, N. Latouf, et al [including D.D.B. Koll] (submitted), The transmission spectrum of the potentially rocky planet L 98-59 c. [arxiv]

  27. Whittaker E., M. Malik, J. Ih, et al. [including D.D.B. Koll] (2022), The Detectability of Rocky Planet Surface and Atmosphere Composition with JWST: The Case of LHS 3844b, The Astronomical Journal, 164, 6. [arxiv] [journal]

  28. Ranjan S., S. Seager, Z. Zhan, D.D.B. Koll, et al. (2022), Photochemical Runaway in Exoplanet Atmospheres: Implications for Biosignatures, The Astrophysical Journal. [arxiv] [journal]

  29. Daylan T., M. Günther, T. Mikal-Evans, et al. [including D.D.B. Koll] (2021), TESS observations of the WASP-121 b phase curve, The Astronomical Journal, 161, 131. [arxiv] [journal]

  30. Malik M., E. Kempton, D.D.B. Koll, et al. (2019), Analyzing Atmospheric Temperature Profiles and Spectra of Rocky M dwarf Planets, The Astrophysical Journal, 886, 2. [arxiv] [journal] News: a b

  31. Mansfield M., E. Kite, R. Hu, D.D.B. Koll, et al. (2019), Identifying Atmospheres on Rocky M Dwarf Planets through Inferred High Albedo, The Astrophysical Journal, 886, 2. [arxiv] [journal] News: a b

  32. Yang J., J. Leconte, E. Wolf, T. Merlis, D.D.B. Koll, et al. (2019), Simulations of Water Vapor and Clouds on Rapidly Rotating and Tidally Locked Planets: A 3D Model Intercomparison, The Astrophysical Journal, 875, 1. [journal]

  33. Yang J., D. Abbot, D.D.B. Koll, et al. (2019), Ocean Dynamics and the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone for Tidally Locked Terrestrial Planets, The Astrophysical Journal, 871, 29. [journal]

  34. Kempton E., J. Bean, D. Louie, D. Deming, D.D.B. Koll, et al. (2018), A Strategy for Identifying the TESS Planetary Candidates most amenable to Atmospheric Characterization. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. [arxiv] [journal]

  35. Yang J., J. Leconte, E. Wolf, C. Goldblatt, N. Feldl, T. Merlis, Y. Wang, D.D.B. Koll, et al. (2016), Differences in Water Vapor Radiative Transfer among 1D Models Can Significantly Affect the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone, The Astrophysical Journal. [journal]

  36. Rose B., K. Armour, D. Battisti, N. Feldl, D.D.B. Koll (2014), The dependence of transient climate sensitivity and radiative feedbacks on the spatial pattern of ocean heat uptake, Geophysical Research Letters. [journal]

  37. Abbot D., A. Voigt, D. Li, G. Le Hir, R. Pierrehumbert, M. Branson, D. Pollard, D.D.B. Koll (2013), Robust elements of Snowball Earth atmospheric circulation and oases for life, Journal of Geophysical Research. [journal]

  38. Abbot D., A. Voigt, M. Branson, R. Pierrehumbert, D. Pollard, G. Le Hir, D.D.B. Koll, (2012): Clouds and Snowball Earth deglaciation. Geophysical Research Letters. [journal]

  39. Abbot D., A. Voigt, D. Koll (2011), The Jormungand Global Climate State and Implications for Neoproterozoic Glaciations, Journal of Geophysical Research. [journal]

  40. Pierrehumbert R., D. Abbot, A. Voigt, D. Koll (2011), Climate of the Neoproterozoic, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. [journal]