The atmosphere and climate of Mars
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The atmosphere and climate of Mars
（Cambridge planetary science series, 18）
Cambridge University Press, 2017
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Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University宇宙地球研1
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Other authors : R. Todd Clancy, François Forget, Michael D. Smith, Richard W. Zurek
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Description
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? Eleven 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 (roughly eighteen 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 neighbours.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Robert M. Haberle, R. Todd Clancy, Francois Forget, Michael D. Smith and Richard W. Zurek
- 2. Understanding Mars and its atmosphere Richard W. Zurek
- 3. History of Mars atmosphere observations Philip B. James, Philip R. Christensen, R. Todd Clancy, Mark T. Lemmon and Paul Withers
- 4. Thermal structure and composition Michael D. Smith, Stephen Bougher, Therese Encrenaz, Francois Forget and Armin Kleinboehl
- 5. Mars clouds R. Todd Clancy, Franck Montmessin, Jennifer Benson, Frank Daerden, Anthony Colaprete and Michael J. Wolff
- 6. Radiative process: techniques and applications Michael J. Wolff, Miguel Lopez-Valverde, Jean-Baptiste Madeleine, R. John Wilson, Michael D. Smith, Thierry Fouchet and Gregory T. Delory
- 7. The Martian planetary boundary layer Peter L. Read, Boris Galperin, Soren E. Larsen, Stephen R. Lewis, Anni Maattanen, Arakel Petrosyan, Nilton Renno, Hannu Savijarvi, Tero Siili, Aymeric Spiga, Anthony Toigo and Luis Vazquez
- 8. Mesoscale meteorology Scot C. R. Rafkin, Aymeric Spiga and Timothy I. Michaels
- 9. The global circulation Jeffrey R. Barnes, Robert M. Haberle, R. John Wilson, Stephen R. Lewis, James R. Murphy and Peter L. Read
- 10. The Mars dust cycle Melinda A. Kahre, James R. Murphy, Claire E. Newman, R. John Wilson, Bruce A. Cantor, Mark T. Lemmon and Michael J. Wolff
- 11. The water cycle Frank Montmessin, Michael D. Smith, Yves Langevin, Michael T. Mellon and Anna Federova
- 12. The CO2 cycle Timothy N. Titus, Shane Byrne, Anthony Colaprete, Francois Forget, Timothy I. Michaels and Thomas H. Prettyman
- 13. Atmospheric photochemistry Franck Lefevre and Vladimir Krasnoplosky
- 14. Upper neutral atmosphere and ionosphere Stephen W. Bougher, David A. Brain, Jane L. Fox, Francisco Gonzalez-Galindo, C. Simon-Welund and Paul Withers
- 15. Solar wind interaction and atmospheric escape David A. Brain, Sergey Barabash, Stephen W. Bougher, Firat Duru, Bruce M. Jakosky and Ronan Modolo
- 16. Recent climate variations Francois Forget, Shane Byrne, James W. Head, Michael A. Mischna and Norbert Schoerghofer
- 17. The early Mars climate system Robert M. Haberle, David C. Catling, Michael H. Carr and Kevin J. Zahnle
- 18. Future prospects Robert M. Haberle, Todd Clancy, Francois Forget, Michael D. Smith and Richard W. Zurek
- Index.
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