Effects of obliquity and water vapor/trace gas greenhouses in the early martian climate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 560-576

  Mischna, Michael A ^a   Baker, Victor ^b   Milliken, Ralph ^c   Richardson, Mark ^d   Lee, Christopher ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ashima Research   (United States)

Author keywords

early Mars; greenhouse effect; MarsWRF; obliquity; sulfur; volcanism

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SULFUR; TRACE GAS; VOLCANISM; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84876928749     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgre.20054     Document Type: Article

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