Bistability of the climate around the habitable zone: A thermodynamic investigation

Icarus

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1724-1742

  Boschi, Robert ^a   Lucarini, Valerio ^a,b   Pascale, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Extra solar planets; Rotational dynamics; Solar radiation; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884982890     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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