 Atmospheric spectral-feature amplitude (source code)

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= Atmospheric spectral-feature amplitude

For transmission through $N_H$ scale heights, a useful estimate is
$$
\Delta D\simeq\frac{2R_pN_HH}{R_*^2}.
$$
Small host stars, low gravity, high temperature, and low mean molecular mass make atmospheric features larger.

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