Atmospheric evolution on inhabited and lifeless worlds

Part I. Principles of planetary atmospheres. The structure of planetary atmospheres -- Energy and radiation in planetary atmospheres -- Essentials of chemistry of planetary atmospheres -- Motions in planetary atmospheres -- Escape of atmospheres to space -- Part II. Evolution of the Earth's atm...

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1. Verfasser: Catling, David C. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kasting, James F. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, New York, NY, Port Melbourne, Delhi, Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:Part I. Principles of planetary atmospheres. The structure of planetary atmospheres -- Energy and radiation in planetary atmospheres -- Essentials of chemistry of planetary atmospheres -- Motions in planetary atmospheres -- Escape of atmospheres to space -- Part II. Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere. Formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans -- Volcanic outgassing and mantle redox evolution -- Atmospheric and global redox balance -- The prebiotic and early postbiotic atmosphere -- The rise of oxygen and ozone in Earth's atmosphere -- Long-term climate evolution -- Part III. Atmospheres and climates on other worlds. Mars -- Evolution of Venus' atmosphere -- Giant planets and their satellites -- Exoplanets : habitability and characterization -- Appendix A : one-dimensional climate model -- Appendix B : photochemical models -- Appendix C : atomic states and term symbols
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xiv, 579 Seiten
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ISBN:9780521844123
978-0-521-84412-3