Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Theoretical Concepts and Foundations
Title: Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Theoretical Concepts and Foundations | Author(s): Kevin Heng | Publisher: Princeton University Press | Year: 2017 | Language: English | Pages : 291 | Size: 5 MB | Extension: pdf The study of exoplanetary atmospheres-that is, of planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system-may be our best hope for discovering life elsewhere in the universe.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. This authoritative and accessible graduate textbook uses a coherent and self-consistent set of notation and definitions throughout, and also includes appendixes…
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