Global pattern of Titan's dunes: Radar survey from the Cassini prime mission

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   Radebaugh, Jani ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; DATA SETS; GLOBAL PATTERNS; RADAR SURVEYS; SAND DUNES; STRIKING PATTERNS; RADAR SURVEY;

RADAR; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

RADAR IMAGING; RADAR;

DATA SET; DUNE; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; TERRAIN; TITAN;

EID: 65249131250     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036850     Document Type: Article

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