BELA receiver performance modeling over the BepiColombo mission lifetime

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 309-318

  Gunderson, Kurt ^a   Thomas, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altimetry; BepiColombo; Mercury; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; BEPICOLOMBO LASER ALTIMETERS; BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; DETECTOR GAIN; GEOSCIENCES; LASER ALTIMETER; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MERCURY MODELING; MISSION LIFETIME; ORBITAL CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING; PERFORMANCE MODEL; PERFORMANCE MODELING; PULSE DETECTION; PULSE WIDTH; RECEIVER PERFORMANCE; TIME VARYING;

MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

EID: 73749083571     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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