Rainbows, polarization, and the search for habitable planets

Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 320-332

  Bailey, Jeremy ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earth; Extrasolar terrestrial planets; Planetary atmospheres; Polarization; Venus

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; REFRACTOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERE; EXOBIOLOGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; WATER;

EID: 34250783248     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0039     Document Type: Article

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