The lunar reconnaissance orbiter miniature radio frequency (Mini-RF) technology demonstration

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 285-302

  Nozette, Stewart ^a   Spudis, Paul ^a   Bussey, Ben ^b   Jensen, Robert ^b   Raney, Keith ^b   Winters, Helene ^b   Lichtenberg, Christopher L ^c   Marinelli, William ^d   Crusan, Jason ^d   Gates, Michele ^d   Robinson, Mark ^e  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lunar poles; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Mini RF

Indexed keywords

BISTATIC; BISTATIC RADARS; CLEMENTINE; DATA SETS; GROUND BASED; HYBRID POLARIZATION; LUNAR OPERATIONS; LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER; LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REFLECTED SIGNAL; RF TECHNOLOGY; SHADOWED REGIONS; SPACE-BORNE; STOKES PARAMETERS; TWO WAVELENGTH; VOLUME SCATTERING; WATER ICE; WIDE-BAND;

DEPOSITS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; POLES; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 77950189525     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9607-5     Document Type: Article

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