Coherent and incoherent components in near-nadir radar scattering: Applications to radar sounding of Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Campbell, Bruce A ^a   Shepard, Michael K ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; MARSIS; Radar; Scattering; SHARAD

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1542289064     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002164     Document Type: Article

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