Ozone concentrations and ultraviolet fluxes on earth-like planets around other stars

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 689-708

  Segura, Antígona ^a,f   Krelove, Kara ^a,e   Kasting, James F ^a   Sommerlatt, Darrell ^a   Meadows, Victoria ^b   Crisp, David ^b   Cohen, Martin ^c   Mlawer, Eli ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f State College   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Extrasolar Planets; Ozone; Terrestrial Planet Finder

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OXYGEN; OZONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DNA DAMAGE; MYSTICISM; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTROLOGY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA DAMAGE; EARTH (PLANET); OXYGEN; OZONE; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 4444321639     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703322736024     Document Type: Article

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