A simple expression for vertical convective fluxes in planetary atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 407-413

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   McKay, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Prebiotic environments; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141942191     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00205-7     Document Type: Article

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