Bistatic observations of Titan's surface with the Huygens probe radio signal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Perez Ayucar M ^a   Lorenz, R D ^b   Floury, Nicolas ^a   Prieto Cerdeira, Roberto ^a   Lebreton, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE; RADIO WAVE; TITAN; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 33751081250     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002613     Document Type: Article

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