Mars Pathfinder landing site assessment with Goldstone delay-Doppler and CW radar experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E2, 1997, Pages 4097-4106

  Haldemann, A F C ^a   Mitchell, D L ^b   Jurgens, R F ^b   Slade, M A ^b   Muhleman, D O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER MEASUREMENT; LANDING SITE ASSESSMENT; MARS PATHFINDER; RADAR;

MARS, ARES VALLIS; MARS, ISIDIS; MARS, TRITONIS LACUS;

EID: 0030752258     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE03321     Document Type: Article

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