Illumination conditions at the lunar polar regions by KAGUYA(SELENE) laser altimeter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Noda, H ^a   Araki, H ^a   Goossens, S ^a   Ishihara, Y ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Tazawa, S ^a   Kawano, N ^a   Sasaki, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LUNAR MISSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; LASER ALTIMETERS; LUNAR ORBITERS; LUNAR POLAR REGIONS; SHADOWED REGIONS; SOUTH POLAR REGIONS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

ALTIMETRY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LASER; MOON; POLAR REGION;

EID: 61349142504     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035692     Document Type: Article

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