Water in exoplanets

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1968, 2012, Pages 2749-2764

  Tinetti, Giovanna ^a   Tennyson, Jonathan ^a   Griffith, Caitlin A ^b   Waldmann, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric models; Exoplanets; Linelists; Pressure broadening; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; EXO-PLANETS; LINELISTS; PRESSURE-BROADENING; WATER VAPOUR;

PLANETS;

EID: 84860622726     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0338     Document Type: Review

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