Venus surface data extraction from VIRTIS/Venus express measurements: Estimation of a quantitative approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Arnold, Gabriele ^a   Haus, Rainer ^a   Kappel, David ^a   Drossart, Pierre ^b   Piccioni, Giuseppe ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CORRECTION; EMISSIVITY; INFRARED IMAGERY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETER; VENUS;

EID: 67651119938     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003087     Document Type: Article

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