Water cycle in the atmosphere and shallow subsurface

Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 191-216

  Tokano, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric water; Hadley circulation; Martian atmosphere; Shallow subsurface; Vapour amount

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247329276     PISSN: 16108957     EISSN: 16131851     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-31538-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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