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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Planetary Aeronomy 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. The general approach employed permits consideration of the growing number of extrasolar planets, the detailed observation of which will become possible over the next decades. The book explains the physics behind many atmospheric processes, which are relevant for the evolution of planetary atmospheres and their water inventories, and also contains useful scaling laws and analytical expressions that can be applied to any planet. Readers thus gain insight into the evolution of terrestrial planets and their long-time habitability, atmospheric stability, etc. This volume can be used both as graduate textbook for students wishing to specialize in the field as well as succinct compendium for researchers in the field.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Planetary Aeronomy
Book Subtitle: Atmosphere Environments in Planetary Systems
Authors: Siegfried J. Bauer, Helmut Lammer
Series Title: Physics of Earth and Space Environments
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09362-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-21472-4Published: 05 July 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05990-2Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-09362-7Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1610-1677
Series E-ISSN: 1865-0678
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 208
Topics: Planetology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Geophysics/Geodesy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques