The maximal runaway temperature of Earth-like planets

In Simpson’s (Simpson, G.C. [1927]. Mem. R. Meteorol. Soc. II (16), 69-95) classical derivation of the temperature of the Earth in the semi-gray model, the surface temperature diverges as the fourth root of the thermal radiation’s optical depth. No resolution to this apparent paradox was yet obtaine...

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Main Authors: Shaviv, Nir (Author) , Shaviv, Giora (Author) , Wehrse, Rainer (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: [December 2011]
In: Icarus
Year: 2011, Volume: 216, Issue: 2, Pages: 403-414
ISSN:0019-1035
DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.09.005
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.09.005
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103511003502
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Author Notes:Nir J. Shaviv, Giora Shaviv, Rainer Wehrse

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