Spatial distribution of lunar polar hydrogen deposits after KAGUYA (SELENE)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Teodoro, L F A ^a   Eke, V R ^b   Elphic, R C ^c  

^a ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD TRAPS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION; LUNAR POLAR; LUNAR PROSPECTORS; PIXON IMAGES; POTENTIAL SITES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER ICE;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNAR MISSIONS; POLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROGEN;

ALGORITHM; ALTIMETRY; HYDROGEN; LUNAR CYCLE; MAPPING METHOD; POLAR METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EID: 77954393260     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042889     Document Type: Article

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