The Martian Climate Revisited
Subtitle: Atmosphere and Environment of a Desert Planet (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9783540407430
Subjects: Planets & asteroids; Nature / Field Guide Books; Geophysics; Science; Nature; Science/Mathematics; Weather; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science / Geophysics; Astronomy - General; Mars (Planet); Meteorology
First sentence: The Solar System presents us with a wide variety of alien planetary environments for possible exploration, ranging from the fierce heat, and harsh, intense sunlight of the Sun-facing hemisphere of Mercury or the oppressive heat of the surface of Venus, to the intense cold of the outer planets and their satellites.