Radiative habitable zones in martian polar environments

Icarus

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 360-371

  Córdoba Jabonero, Carmen ^a,b   Zorzano, María Paz ^b   Selsis, Franck ^b,c   Patel, Manish R ^d   Cockell, Charles S ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Ices; Mars, surface; Radiative transfer; Solar radiation; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE; WATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXOBIOLOGY; ICE; MARS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 18144421536     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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