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The study of planetary atmospheres is a relatively new field of meteorology. Its main impetus comes from the likelihood that the behavior of the several planetary envelopes, with their varying masses, rotations, constituents, and other physical parameters, may yield important evidence bearing on the general laws which govern our own atmosphere. Much of the information sought through a study of the other planets cannot be obtained by investigation of the terrestrial atmosphere simply because its various parameters of interest are fixed and the effects of their variation cannot be determined.
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Hess, S.L., Panofsky, H.A. (1951). The Atmospheres of the Other Planets. In: Malone, T.F. (eds) Compendium of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-70-9_34
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