Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Smith, David E ^a,b   Zuber, Maria T ^a   Neumann, Gregory A ^b   Lemoine, Frank G ^b   Mazarico, Erwan ^b   Torrence, Mark H ^c   McGarry, Jan F ^b   Rowlands, David D ^b   Head, James W ^d   Duxbury, Thomas H ^c,e   Aharonson, Oded ^f   Lucey, Paul G ^g   Robinson, Mark S ^h   Barnouin, Olivier S ⁱ   Cavanaugh, John F ^b   Sun, Xiaoli ^b   Liiva, Peter ^j   Mao, Dan Dan ^j   Smith, James C ^b   Bartels, Arlin E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SGT INC   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEODETIC GRIDS; GLOBAL DATA; GLOBAL MAP; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; LASER ALTIMETER; LUNAR ORBITER; LUNAR POLAR REGIONS; LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; LUNAR SURFACE; SPATIAL ACCURACY;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALTIMETER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEODETIC NETWORK; MAP; MOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECISION; RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 77957326044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043751     Document Type: Article

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