Publications

Peer-Reviewed Outputs and Research Archive

Research publications span planetary climate physics, Solar System and exoplanet atmospheres, high-resolution spectroscopy, atmospheric dynamics, and advanced numerical modelling.

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2026

JWST NIRSpec finds no clear signs of an atmosphere on TOI-1685 b
Fisher, Chloe E., Hooton, Matthew J., Gressier, Amélie, Zgraggen, Merlin, Tian, Meng et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Reconciling Jupiter's vertical motions with the observed cloud structure in the upper troposphere
Mendonça, João M., Schneider, Tapio, Liu, Junjun, Lian, Yuan
Icarus

2025

Hot Rocks Survey I: A possible shallow eclipse for LHS 1478 b
August, P. C., Buchhave, L. A., Diamond-Lowe, H., Mendonça, J. M., Gressier, A. et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hot Rocks Survey: II. The thermal emission of TOI-1468 b reveals a bare hot rock
Meier Valdés, E. A., Demory, B.-O., Diamond-Lowe, H., Mendonça, J. M., August, P. C. et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Limits on the atmospheric metallicity and aerosols of the sub-Neptune GJ 3090 b from high-resolution CRIRES+ spectroscopy
Parker, Luke T., Mendonça, João M., Diamond-Lowe, Hannah, Birkby, Jayne L., Meech, Annabella et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Stellar Contamination Correction Using Back-to-back Transits of TRAPPIST-1 b and c
Rathcke, Alexander D., Buchhave, Lars A., de Wit, Julien, Rackham, Benjamin V., August, Prune C. et al.
The Astrophysical Journal
Hot Rocks Survey: III. A deep eclipse for LHS 1140c and a new Gaussian process method to account for correlated noise in individual pixels
Fortune, Mark, Gibson, Neale P., Diamond-Lowe, Hannah, Mendonça, João M., Gressier, Amélie et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hot Rocks Survey. IV. Emission from LTT 3780 b Is Consistent with a Bare Rock
Allen, Natalie H., Espinoza, Néstor, Diamond-Lowe, Hannah, Mendonça, João M., Demory, Brice-Olivier et al.
The Astronomical Journal
Global flow regimes of hot Jupiters
Akιn, C., Heng, K., Mendonça, J. M., Deitrick, R., Gkouvelis, L.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Is ozone a reliable proxy for molecular oxygen?: II. The impact of N 2 O on the O 2 -O 3 relationship for Earth-like atmospheres
Kozakis, Thea, Mendonça, João M., Buchhave, Lars A., Lara, Luisa M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hot Rocks Survey: II. The thermal emission of TOI-1468 b reveals a bare hot rock (Corrigendum)
Meier Valdés, E. A., Demory, B.-O., Diamond-Lowe, H., Mendonça, J. M., August, P. C. et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Extreme learning machines for exoplanet simulations: a faster, lightweight alternative to deep learning
Tahseen, Tara P. A., Simões, Luís F., Yip, Kai Hou, Nikolaou, Nikolaos, Mendonça, João M. et al.
RAS Techniques and Instruments
Is ozone a reliable proxy for molecular oxygen?: III. The impact of CH 4 on the O 2 ─O 3 relationship for Earth-like atmospheres
Kozakis, Thea, Mendonça, João M., Buchhave, Lars A., Lara, Luisa M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Adaptive Online Emulation for Accelerating Complex Physical Simulations
Tahseen, Tara P. A., Nikolaou, Nikolaos, Simões, Luís F., Hou Yip, Kai, Mendonça, João M. et al.
arXiv e-prints

2024

Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b
Bell, Taylor J., Crouzet, Nicolas, Cubillos, Patricio E., Kreidberg, Laura, Piette, Anjali A. A. et al.
Nature Astronomy
High-energy spectra of LTT 1445A and GJ 486 reveal flares and activity
Diamond-Lowe, H., King, G. W., Youngblood, A., Brown, A., Howard, W. S. et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Two-dimensional Eclipse Mapping of the Hot-Jupiter WASP-43b with JWST MIRI/LRS
Hammond, Mark, Bell, Taylor J., Challener, Ryan C., Lewis, Neil T., Weiner Mansfield, Megan et al.
The Astronomical Journal
Simultaneous retrieval of orbital phase resolved JWST/MIRI emission spectra of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b: evidence of water, ammonia, and carbon monoxide
Yang, Jingxuan, Hammond, Mark, Piette, Anjali A. A., Blecic, Jasmina, Bell, Taylor J. et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Global Chemical Transport on Hot Jupiters: Insights from the 2D VULCAN Photochemical Model
Tsai, Shang-Min, Parmentier, Vivien, Mendonça, João M., Tan, Xianyu, Deitrick, Russell et al.
The Astrophysical Journal
Identifying and fitting eclipse maps of exoplanets with cross-validation
Hammond, Mark, Lewis, Neil T., Boone, Sasha, Chen, Xueqing, Mendonça, João M. et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Enhancing 3D planetary atmosphere simulations with a surrogate radiative transfer model
Tahseen, Tara P. A., Mendonça, João M., Yip, Kai Hou, Waldmann, Ingo P.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Stringent upper limits of minor species at the cloud top of Venus: PH 3 , HCN, and NH 3
Encrenaz, T., Greathouse, T. K., Giles, R., Widemann, T., Bézard, B. et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
An investigation into Venusian atmospheric chemistry based on an open-access photochemistry-transport model at 0–112 km
Dai, Longkang, Shao, Wencheng, Sheng, Zheng
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Three-Dimensional Venus Cloud Structure Simulated by a General Circulation Model
Shao, Wencheng D., Mendonça, João. M., Dai, Longkang
Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)

2023

Transmission Spectroscopy of the Lowest-density Gas Giant: Metals and a Potential Extended Outflow in HAT-P-67b
Bello-Arufe, Aaron, Knutson, Heather A., Mendonça, João M., Zhang, Michael M., Cabot, Samuel H. C. et al.
The Astronomical Journal
Ground-based Optical Transmission Spectroscopy of the Nearby Terrestrial Exoplanet LTT 1445Ab
Diamond-Lowe, Hannah, Mendonça, João M., Charbonneau, David, Buchhave, Lars A.
The Astronomical Journal
Multiepoch Detections of the Extended Atmosphere and Transmission Spectra of KELT-9b with a 1.5 m Telescope
Lowson, Nataliea, Zhou, George, Wright, Duncan J., Huang, Chelsea X., Mendonça, João M. et al.
The Astronomical Journal
Exploring the Interior of Europa with the Europa Clipper
Roberts, James H., McKinnon, William B., Elder, Catherine M., Tobie, Gabriel, Biersteker, John B. et al.
Space Science Reviews
HST PanCET programme: a flat optical transmission spectrum for the Hot Jupiter WASP-101b
Rathcke, Alexander D., Buchhave, Lars A., Mendonça, João M., Sing, David K., López-Morales, Mercedes et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
HDO and SO 2 thermal mapping on Venus. VI. Anomalous SO 2 behavior during late 2021
Encrenaz, T., Greathouse, T. K., Giles, R., Widemann, T., Bézard, B. et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Determination of the eddy diffusion in the Venusian clouds from VeRa sulfuric acid observations
Dai, Longkang, Shao, Wencheng, Gu, Hao, Sheng, Zheng
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Correction to: HST PanCET programme: a flat optical transmission spectrum for the Hot Jupiter WASP-101b
Rathcke, Alexander D., Buchhave, Lars A., Mendonça, João M., Sing, David K., López-Morales, Mercedes et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2022

Mining the Ultrahot Skies of HAT-P-70b: Detection of a Profusion of Neutral and Ionized Species
Bello-Arufe, Aaron, Cabot, Samuel H. C., Mendonça, João M., Buchhave, Lars A., Rathcke, Alexander D.
The Astronomical Journal
Exoplanet atmospheres at high resolution through a modest-size telescope. Fe II in MASCARA-2b and KELT-9b with FIES on the Nordic Optical Telescope
Bello-Arufe, Aaron, Buchhave, Lars A., Mendonça, João M., Tronsgaard, René, Heng, Kevin et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
A survey of exoplanet phase curves with Ariel
Charnay, Benjamin, Mendonça, João M., Kreidberg, Laura, Cowan, Nicolas B., Taylor, Jake et al.
Experimental Astronomy
Is ozone a reliable proxy for molecular oxygen?. I. The O 2 -O 3 relationship for Earth-like atmospheres
Kozakis, Thea, Mendonça, João M., Buchhave, Lars A.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
The THOR + HELIOS general circulation model: multiwavelength radiative transfer with accurate scattering by clouds/hazes
Deitrick, Russell, Heng, Kevin, Schroffenegger, Urs, Kitzmann, Daniel, Grimm, Simon L. et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Local-time Dependence of Chemical Species in the Venusian Mesosphere
Shao, Wencheng D., Zhang, Xi, Mendonça, João, Encrenaz, Thérèse
The Planetary Science Journal
Mass transport in a moist planetary climate model
Mendonça, J. M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics

2021

HELIOS-K 2.0 Opacity Calculator and Open-source Opacity Database for Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Grimm, Simon L., Malik, Matej, Kitzmann, Daniel, Guzmán-Mesa, Andrea, Hoeijmakers, H. Jens et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
TOI-1518b: A Misaligned Ultra-hot Jupiter with Iron in Its Atmosphere
Cabot, Samuel H. C., Bello-Arufe, Aaron, Mendonça, João M., Tronsgaard, René, Wong, Ian et al.
The Astronomical Journal
The obliquity and atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-1431b (MASCARA-5b): A misaligned orbit and no signs of atomic or molecular absorptions
Stangret, M., Pallé, E., Casasayas-Barris, N., Oshagh, M., Bello-Arufe, A. et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
HST PanCET Program: A Complete Near-UV to Infrared Transmission Spectrum for the Hot Jupiter WASP-79b
Rathcke, Alexander D., MacDonald, Ryan J., Barstow, Joanna K., Goyal, Jayesh M., Lopez-Morales, Mercedes et al.
The Astronomical Journal
General Circulation Model Errors Are Variable across Exoclimate Parameter Spaces
Kopparla, Pushkar, Deitrick, Russell, Heng, Kevin, Mendonça, João M., Hammond, Mark
The Astrophysical Journal

2020

THOR 2.0: Major Improvements to the Open-source General Circulation Model
Deitrick, Russell, Mendonça, João M., Schroffenegger, Urs, Grimm, Simon L., Tsai, Shang-Min et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Angular momentum and heat transport on tidally locked hot Jupiter planets
Mendonça, João M.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Modelling the 3D climate of Venus with OASIS
Mendonça, João M., Buchhave, Lars A.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

2019

Self-luminous and Irradiated Exoplanetary Atmospheres Explored with HELIOS
Malik, Matej, Kitzmann, Daniel, Mendonça, João M., Grimm, Simon L., Marleau, Gabriel-Dominique et al.
The Astronomical Journal

2018

Three-dimensional Circulation Driving Chemical Disequilibrium in WASP-43b
Mendonça, João M., Tsai, Shang-min, Malik, Matej, Grimm, Simon L., Heng, Kevin
The Astrophysical Journal
Toward Consistent Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics in Exoplanets: Validation and Generalization of the Chemical Relaxation Method
Tsai, Shang-Min, Kitzmann, Daniel, Lyons, James R., Mendonça, João, Grimm, Simon L. et al.
The Astrophysical Journal
Revisiting the Phase Curves of WASP-43b: Confronting Re-analyzed Spitzer Data with Cloudy Atmospheres
Mendonça, João M., Malik, Matej, Demory, Brice-Olivier, Heng, Kevin
The Astronomical Journal
HELIOS: Radiative transfer code for exoplanetary atmospheres
Malik, Matej, Grosheintz, Luc, Mendonça, João M., Grimm, Simon L., Lavie, Baptiste et al.
Astrophysics Source Code Library
THOR: Global Circulation Model for planetary atmospheres
Mendonca, J. M., Grimm, S. L., Grosheintz, L., Heng, K.
Astrophysics Source Code Library

2017

HELIOS: An Open-source, GPU-accelerated Radiative Transfer Code for Self-consistent Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Malik, Matej, Grosheintz, Luc, Mendonça, João M., Grimm, Simon L., Lavie, Baptiste et al.
The Astronomical Journal
HELIOS-RETRIEVAL: An Open-source, Nested Sampling Atmospheric Retrieval Code; Application to the HR 8799 Exoplanets and Inferred Constraints for Planet Formation
Lavie, Baptiste, Mendonça, João M., Mordasini, Christoph, Malik, Matej, Bonnefoy, Mickaël et al.
The Astronomical Journal
Using high-resolution laboratory and ground-based solar spectra to assess CH 4 absorption coefficient calculations
Mendonca, J., Strong, K., Sung, K., Devi, V. M., Toon, G. C. et al.
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Erratum: Analytical Models of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. II. Radiative Transfer via the Two-stream Approximation ( 2014, ApJS, 215, 4 )
Heng, Kevin, Mendonça, João M., Lee, Jae-Min
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

2016

THOR: A New and Flexible Global Circulation Model to Explore Planetary Atmospheres
Mendonça, João M., Grimm, Simon L., Grosheintz, Luc, Heng, Kevin
The Astrophysical Journal
Global energy budgets and 'Trenberth diagrams' for the climates of terrestrial and gas giant planets
Read, P. L., Barstow, J., Charnay, B., Chelvaniththilan, S., Irwin, P. G. J. et al.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Exploring the Venus global super-rotation using a comprehensive general circulation model
Mendonça, J. M., Read, P. L.
Planetary and Space Science

2015

A new, fast and flexible radiative transfer method for Venus general circulation models
Mendonça, J. M., Read, P. L., Wilson, C. F., Lee, C.
Planetary and Space Science

2014

Analytical Models of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. II. Radiative Transfer via the Two-stream Approximation
Heng, Kevin, Mendonça, João M., Lee, Jae-Min
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

2013

Models of Venus Atmosphere
Lebonnois, Sebastien, Lee, Christopher, Yamamoto, Masaru, Dawson, Jonathan, Lewis, Stephen R. et al.
Towards Understanding the Climate of Venus
Studies of Venus using a comprehensive General Circulation Model
Mendonca, J.
Ph.D. Thesis

2012

Zonal winds at high latitudes on Venus: An improved application of cyclostrophic balance to Venus Express observations
Mendonça, João M., Read, Peter L., Wilson, Colin F., Lewis, Stephen R.
Icarus
The New Oxford Planetary Unified Model System for Venus (OPUS-V)
Mendonca, J. M., Read, P. L., Lewis, S. R., Lee, C.
Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets
Super-Rotating Jets in the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets
Lewis, S. R., Dawson, J., Read, P. L., Mendonca, J., Ruan, T. et al.
Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets
Climate Regimes on Terrestrial Planets Within a Hierarchy of Dynamical Models
Read, P. L., Lewis, S. R., Mendonca, J., Montabone, L., Mulholland, D. P. et al.
Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets

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