Lunar pole illumination and communications maps computed from GSSR elevation data

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bryant, Scott ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION DATA; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; LUNAR SOUTH POLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SOLAR POWER; VERTICAL ACCURACY;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; METRIC SYSTEM; POLES; SOLAR ENERGY; SURVEYING; VISIBILITY;

MOON;

EID: 70349117781     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2009.4839375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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