Robust elements of Snowball Earth atmospheric circulation and oases for life

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6017-6027

  Abbot, Dorian S ^a   Voigt, Aiko ^b   Li, Dawei ^a   Hir, Guillaume Le ^c   Pierrehumbert, Raymond T ^a   Branson, Mark ^d   Pollard, David ^e   B Koll, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

astrobiology; hadley cell; neoproterozoic; snowball earth

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; HADLEY CELLS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SNOWBALL EARTH; THICKNESS VARIATION;

ICE;

ABLATION; ASTRONOMY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGLACIATION; EVAPORATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROTEROZOIC; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880874708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50540     Document Type: Article

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