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Exploring the atmospheric composition of gas giant exoplanets

Ezequiel Gonzalez, Author | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2020

Despite the boost of recent discoveries, carrying out a detailed characterization of the exoplanets’ atmospheres is still a challenge. This internship project aims at this direction, to explore the atmospheres of gas giant exoplanets.

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Exploring planetary climate : a history of scientific discovery on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan /

Ralph Lorenz, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2019

An accessible and engaging chronological account of the history of climate science and planetary exploration, for students, researchers and general interest readers. Focusing on Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan, the book discusses how our knowledge [...]

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Fundamental planetary science : physics, chemistry, and habitability

Jack Jonathan Lissauer, Author ; Imke De Pater, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2019

A quantitative introduction to the Solar System and planetary systems science for advanced undergraduate students, this engaging textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical and geological processes that govern the motions and proper[...]

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The atmosphere and climate of Mars

Robert M. Haberle, Author ; R. Todd Clancy, Author ; Fran?cois Forget, Author ; Michael D. Smith, Author ; Richard William Zurek, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2017

Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. What is the atmosphere like today and why did it change so dramatically over time? In this book students, researchers and non-specialists alike are guided through a detailed description of t[...]

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Atmospheric evolution on inhabited and lifeless worlds

David Catling, Author ; James F. Kasting, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2017

As the search for Earth-like exoplanets gathers pace, in order to understand them, we need comprehensive theories for how planetary atmospheres form and evolve. Written by two well-known planetary scientists, this text explains the physical and [...]

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Exoplanetary atmospheres : theoretical concepts and foundations /

Kevin Heng, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | Princeton series in astrophysics | 2017

Exoplanetary Atmospheres covers the physics of radiation, fluid dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric escape. It draws on simple analytical models to aid learning, and features a wealth of problem sets, some of which are open-ended. T[...]

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Alien skies : planetary atmospheres from earth to exoplanets /

Pont J. Frederic, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2014

Planetary atmospheres are complex and evolving entities, as mankind is rapidly coming to realise whilst attempting to understand, forecast and mitigate human-induced climate change. In the Solar System, our neighbours Venus and Mars provide str[...]

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Comparative climatology of terrestrial planets

Stephen J. Mackwell, Editor | [S.l.] : University of Arizona Press | The University of Arizona space science series | 2013

"Through the contributions of more than sixty leading experts in the field, Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets sets forth the foundations for this emerging new science and brings the reader to the forefront of our current understandi[...]

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Origin and evolution of planetary atmospheres

H. Lammer, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in astronomy, ISSN 2191-9100 | 2012

Based on the author's own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their h[...]

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An introduction to planetary atmospheres

Agustin Sanchez-Lavega, Author | [S.l.] : Taylor & Francis | 2011

The book presents current knowledge on atmospheres and the fundamental mechanisms operating on them It offers a unified scheme of the chemical and physical processes occuring in atmospheres and extends the theoretical foundations of an atmospher[...]

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Exoplanet atmospheres : physical processes

Sara Seager, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | Princeton series in astrophysics | 2010

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Wonders of the solar system

Brian Cox, Author | London (United Kingdom) : BBC Worldwide Ltd | 2010

Explores some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet doesn't sit in magnificent isolation but is intimately connected with the [...]

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Planetary atmospheric electricity

F. Leblanc ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

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Comparative Aeronomy

Andrew F. Nagy ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2008

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Planetary aeronomy : atmosphere environments in planetary systems

S.J. Bauer ; H. Lammer | New York, NY : Springer | Physics on earth and space environments. | 2004

The book is a modern and concise introduction to the underlying physical and chemical processes that govern the formation and evolution of the upper atmospheres of planets. It explains the physics behind many atmospheric processes, which are rel[...]

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Workshop on oxygen in the Terrestrial Planets : July 20-23, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico

2004

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Giant planets of our solar system : atmospheres, composition, and structure

Patrick G.J. Irwin | New York ; London ; Chichester : Springer-Praxis | 2003

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Planetary science from Directed Aerial Robot Explorers (DARE) : phase I final report

[S.l.] : Global Aerospace Corporation | 2002

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Chemistry of atmospheres : an introduction to the chemistry of the atmospheres of earth, the planets, and their satellites

Richard Wayne | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2000

This book explains the chemistry that occurs in the atmospheres of Earth, the plantes, and some satellites. Although written from the perspective of physical chemistry, it makes unusually strong links to the underlying physics, geology, and, Ear[...]

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Photochemistry of planetary atmospheres

Yuk L. Yung ; B. DeMore William | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 1999

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Origin and evolution of planetary and satellite atmospheres

S. K. Atreya, Editor ; J. B. Pollack, Editor ; Mildred Shapley Matthews, Editor | [S.l.] : University of Arizona Press | Space science series | 1989

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Theory of planetary atmospheres : an introduction to their physics and chemistry

Joseph Chamberlain ; Donald Hunten | [S.l.] : Academic Press | International geophysics series | 1986

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