Mars orbiter laser altimeter pulse with measurements and footprint-scale roughness

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 15-1

  Neumann, G A ^a,b   Abshire, J B ^a   Aharonson, O ^b   Garvin, J B ^c   Sun, X ^a   Zuber, M T ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MORPHOLOGY;

INFLIGHT DATA;

GEOPHYSICS;

ALTIMETER; LASER; MARS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0042412166     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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