Biology
Scientific paper
Dec 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jmole..14...57k&link_type=abstract
Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 14, Dec. 1979, p. 57-64.
Biology
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Mars, Atmosphere, Surface, Exobiology, Solar Radiation, Ultraviolet, Sun, Spectrum, Wavelengths, Absorption, Ozone, Carbon Dioxide, Gases, Distribution, Dust, Clouds, Scattering, Comparisons, Mathematical Models, Latitude, Water Vapor, Optical Properties, Seasons, Photons, Flux, Earth
Scientific paper
Calculations indicate that the maximum daily solar radiation reaching the Martian surface is about 325 cal/sq cm during southern hemisphere summer at latitude of about 40 deg S. In the ultraviolet region of the spectrum, the radiation reaching the surface at wavelengths greater than 2800 A is within 10% of the radiation incident on the atmosphere. There is significant extinction of radiation in the spectral region near 2500 A in mid and high latitudes due to absorption of radiation by ozone; radiation reaching the surface may be reduced to one one-thousandth of that incident on the atmosphere during winter. Virtually no radiation of wavelengths less than 1900 A reaches the surface because of absorption by the large column abundance of carbon dioxide. Daily and latitudinal distributions of radiation are presented for wavelengths of 3000, 2500 and 2000 A.
Atreya Sushil K.
Kuhn William R.
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