Detectability of planetary characteristics in disk-averaged spectra. I: The Earth model

Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-47

  Tinetti, Giovanna ^a,b,c,h   Meadows, Victoria S ^a,d,e   Crisp, David ^a,d   Fong, William ^c   Fishbein, Evan ^d   Turnbull, Margaret ^a,b,f   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^g  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b National Research Council   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^h INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earth; Extrasolar terrestrial planets; Planetary science; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANETS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33645823385     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.6.34     Document Type: Article

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