Earth as an extrasolar planet: Earth model validation using EPOXI earth observations

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 398-408

  Robinson, Tyler D ^a,b   Meadows, Victoria S ^a,b   Crisp, David ^b,c   Deming, Drake ^d   A'Hearn, Michael F ^e   Charbonneau, David ^f   Livengood, Timothy A ^d   Seager, Sara ^g   Barry, Richard K ^d   Hearty, Thomas ^d   Hewagama, Tilak ^d   Lisse, Carey M ^h   McFadden, Lucy A ^d   Wellnitz, Dennis D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Extrasolar terrestrial planets; Habitability; Planetary science; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 79959963610     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0642     Document Type: Article

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