Smoothness of Titan's Ontario Lacus: Constraints from Cassini RADAR specular reflection data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Wye, L C ^b   Zebker, H A ^b   Lorenz, R D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR;

CASSINI; FRESNEL ZONES; ONTARIO; RADAR ECHOES; SMOOTH SURFACE; SOLID SURFACE; SOUTH POLAR REGION; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; SURFACE HEIGHT; SURFACE HEIGHT VARIATIONS; TRANSMITTED SIGNAL; UPPER BOUND;

RADAR REFLECTION;

DATA SET; HISTOGRAM; POLAR REGION; RADAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TITAN; WAVELENGTH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 71949101013     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039588     Document Type: Article

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