Mars topography: Lessons learned from spatial and spectral domain comparisons of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter and U.S. Geological Survey data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E12, 2001, Pages 32915-32925

  Bills, Bruce G ^a,b,d   Nerem, R Steven ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035715090     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001279     Document Type: Review

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