Microwave dielectric constant of Titan-relevant materials

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Paillou, Philippe ^a   Lunine, Jonathan ^b   Ruffié, Giles ^a   Encrenaz, Pierre ^c   Wall, Stephen ^d   Lorenz, Ralph ^e   Janssen, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR;

KU BAND; LOW-LOSS; MEASURED VALUES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; RADIOMETER MODES; SCATTEROMETERS; SURFACE MATERIALS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; TITAN;

EID: 57849094612     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035216     Document Type: Article

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