Light and shadow from distant worlds

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7271, 2009, Pages 301-306

  Deming, Drake ^a   Seager, Sara ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DEUTERIUM; METHANE; WATER;

DECADAL VARIATION; EARTH; GEOMETRY; MASS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BRIGHTNESS; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY; GRAVITY; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY; WATER VAPOR;

EXOBIOLOGY; LIGHT; PLANETS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 70450189819     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08556     Document Type: Review

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