Suppression of the water ice and snow albedo feedback on planets orbiting red dwarf stars and the subsequent widening of the habitable zone

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-8

  Joshi, Manoj M ^a   Haberle, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Climate; Habitability; Habitable zone; M stars

Indexed keywords

ICE; SNOW;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; MICROCLIMATE;

CLIMATE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; PLANETS; SNOW; STARS, CELESTIAL;

EID: 84856406021     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0668     Document Type: Article

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