Mars mapping with delay-Doppler radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E6, 1999, Pages 14065-14089

  Harmon, John K ^a   Arvidson, Raymond E ^b   Guinness, Edward A ^b   Campbell, Bruce A ^c   Slade, Martin A ^d  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0039697953     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900042     Document Type: Article

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