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By Stephen J. Mackwell, Amy A. Simon-Miller, Jerald W. Harder, Mark A. Bullock
Deducing the preliminary stipulations for those varied worlds and unraveling how and why they diverged to their present climates is a problem on the vanguard of planetary technological know-how. throughout the contributions of greater than sixty best specialists within the box, Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets units forth the principles for this rising new technology and brings the reader to the vanguard of our present figuring out of atmospheric formation and weather evolution. specific emphasis is given to surface-atmosphere interactions, evolving stellar flux, mantle strategies, photochemistry, and interactions with the interplanetary surroundings, all of which impact the climatology of terrestrial planets. From this cornerstone, either present pros and so much in particular new scholars are dropped at the brink, allowing the following iteration of recent advances in our personal sun approach and beyond.
Contents
Jim Hansen
Mark Bullock
Scot Rafkin
Caitlin Griffith
Shawn Domagal-Goldman and Antigona Segura
Kevin Zahnle
Part II: The Greenhouse influence and Atmospheric Dynamics
Curt Covey
G. Schubert and J. Mitchell
Tim Dowling
Francois put out of your mind and Sebastien Lebonnois
Vladimir Krasnopolsky
Adam Showman
Part III: Clouds, Hazes, and Precipitation
Larry Esposito
A. Määttänen, ok. Pérot, F. Montmessin, and A. Hauchecorne
Nilton Renno
Zibi Turtle
Mark Marley
Part IV: Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
Colin Goldblatt
Teresa Segura et al.
John Grotzinger
Adrian Lenardic
D. A. mind, F. Leblanc, J. G. Luhmann, T. E. Moore, and F. Tian
Part V: sunlight affects on Planetary Climate
Aaron Zent
Jerry Harder
F. Tian, E. Chassefiere, F. Leblanc, and D. Brain
David Des Marais
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