Co-evolution of atmospheres, life, and climate

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-88

  Grenfell, J Lee ^a   Rauer, Heike ^a,b   Selsis, Franck ^c   Kaltenegger, Lisa ^d   Beichman, Charles ^e   Danchi, William ^f   Eiroa, Carlos ^g   Fridlund, Malcolm ^h   Henning, Thomas ⁱ   Herbst, Tom ⁱ   Lammer, Helmut ^j   Léger, Alain ^k   Liseau, René ^l   Lunine, Jonathan ^m   Paresce, Francesco ⁿ   Penny, Alan ^o   Quirrenbach, Andreas ^p   Röttgering, Huub ^q   Schneider, Jean ^r   Stam, Daphne ^s   Tinetti, Giovanna ^t   White, Glenn J ^o,u   more..

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^j Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^l CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁿ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^o RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^q LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^s SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^u OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Biomarker; Climate; Early Earth; Exoplanets

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OZONE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; OXYGEN; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77949892037     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0375     Document Type: Article

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