Simulations of the atmospheres of synchronously rotating terrestrial planets orbiting M dwarfs: Conditions for atmospheric collapse and the implications for habitability

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 450-465

  Joshi, M M ^a   Haberle, R M ^a   Reynolds, R T ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031256572     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5793     Document Type: Article

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