Climate model studies of synchronously rotating planets

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 415-427

  Joshi, Manoj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Extrasolar planets; Habitable planets; M stars

Indexed keywords

OZONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 4344717620     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703769016488     Document Type: Article

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