The roughness of natural terrain: A planetary and remote sensing perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E12, 2001, Pages 32777-32795

  Shepard, Michael K ^a   Campbell, Bruce A ^b   Bulmer, Mark H ^b   Farr, Tom G ^c   Gaddis, Lisa R ^d   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TERRANE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035718410     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001429     Document Type: Article

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