An analytic radiative-convective model for planetary atmospheres

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 757, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, Tyler D ^a,b   Catling, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA Astrobiology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

convection; planets and satellites: atmospheres; planets and satellites: general; radiation mechanisms: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866057470     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/104     Document Type: Article

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