An ultraviolet simulator for the incident Martian surface radiation and its applications

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 241-249

  Kolb, C ^a,b   Abart, R ^c   Berces A ^d   Garry, J R C ^e   Hansen, A A ^f   Hohenau, W ^b   Kargl, G ^a   Lammer, H ^a   Patel, M R ^g   Rettberg, P ^h   Stan Lotter, H ⁱ  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

astrobiology; biological matter; Mars; organic matter; photobiology; UV climate; UV simulator

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548572991     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550405002764     Document Type: Article

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