Temperature and Moisture Conditions for Life in the Extreme Arid Region of the Atacama Desert: Four Years of Observations Including the El Niño of 1997

Temperature and Moisture Conditions for Life in the Extreme Arid Region of the Atacama Desert: Four Years of Observations Including the El Niño of 1997–1998

Published:2003-06 Issue:2 Volume:3 Page:393-406
ISSN:1531-1074
Container-title:Astrobiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Astrobiology

Author:

McKay Christopher P.¹,Friedmann E. Imre¹,Gómez-Silva Benito²,Cáceres-Villanueva Luis²,Andersen Dale T.³,Landheim Ragnhild³

Affiliation:

1. Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

2. Departmento de Biomédico and Instituto del Desierto, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile

3. NASA Ames and SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert Inc

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link

http://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/153110703769016460

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