Extraordinary climates of Earth-like planets: Three-dimensional climate simulations at extreme obliquity

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Williams, Darren M ^a   Pollard, David ^b  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme environments; habitable planets; obliquity; planetary climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011262423     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550403001356     Document Type: Article

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