The properties of Titan's surface at the Huygens landing site from DISR observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 728-752

  Keller, H U ^a   Grieger, B ^a   Kuppers M ^a   Schroder S E ^a   Skorov, Y V ^a   Tomasko, M G ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Huygens; Titan

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PROBES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HUYGENS; TITAN;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 41149094949     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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