Statistics of Mars' topography from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Slopes, correlations, and physical models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E10, 2001, Pages 23723-23735

  Aharonson, Oded ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a,b   Rothman, Daniel H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; GLOBAL SURVEYOR MISSION; MARS; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035198567     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001403     Document Type: Article

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