Icy Galilean Satellites: Modeling Radar Reflectivities as a Coherent Backscatter Effect

Icarus

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-180

  Black, G J ^a   Campbell, D B ^b   Nicholson, P D ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Radar; Satellite surface; Satellites of Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042250858     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6616     Document Type: Article

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