The spatial distribution of polar hydrogen deposits on the Moon

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-18

  Eke, V R ^a   Teodoro, L F A ^b   Elphic, R C ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reduction techniques; Image processing; Moon; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749096512     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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