Modeling quasi-specular scattering from the surface of Titan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Sultan Salem, Ahmed K ^a   Tyler, G Leonard ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SCATTERING; SCATTEROMETER; SPACECRAFT; TITAN;

EID: 34447498893     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002878     Document Type: Article

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