Screen LibraryThe atmosphere and climate of Mars /
Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. Was its climate ever conducive to life? What is the atmosphere like today, and why did it change so dramatically over time? Twelve spacecraft have successfully flown to Mars since the Viking mission of the 1970s and early 1980s. These orbiters, l...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cambridge planetary science series ; 18. |
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| Summary: |
Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. Was its climate ever conducive to life? What is the atmosphere like today, and why did it change so dramatically over time? Twelve spacecraft have successfully flown to Mars since the Viking mission of the 1970s and early 1980s. These orbiters, landers, and rovers have generated vast amounts of data that now span a Martian decade (~18 years). This new volume brings together the many new ideas about the atmosphere and climate system that have emerged, including the complex interplay of the volatile and dust cycles, the atmosphere-surface interactions that connect them over time, and the diversity of the planet's environment and its complex history. Including tutorials and explanations of complicated ideas, students, researchers, and non-specialists alike are able to use this resource to gain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of this most Earth-like of planetary neighbors. -- from back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 574 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, forms ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107016187 (hardback) : 1107016185 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | QB643 |
| CLC: | P185.36 |
| Call Number: | P185.36/A881 |