Atmospheric circulations of terrestrial planets orbiting low-mass stars

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Edson, Adam ^a   Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Bannon, Peter ^a   Kasting, James F ^a   Pollard, David ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Atmospheres, Dynamics; Extrasolar planets; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952009767     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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