Diviner lunar radiometer observations of cold traps in the moon's south polar region

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6003, 2010, Pages 479-482

  Paige, David A ^a   Siegler, Matthew A ^a   Zhang, Jo Ann ^a   Hayne, Paul O ^a   Foote, Emily J ^a   Bennett, Kristen A ^a   Vasavada, Ashwin R ^b   Greenhagen, Benjamin T ^b   Schofield, John T ^b   McCleese, Daniel J ^b   Foote, Marc C ^b   DeJong, Eric ^b   Bills, Bruce G ^b   Hartford, Wayne ^b   Murray, Bruce C ^c   Allen, Carlton C ^d   Snook, Kelly ^e   Soderblom, Laurence A ^f   Calcutt, Simon ^g   Taylor, Fredric W ^g   Bowles, Neil E ^g   Bandfield, Joshua L ^h   Elphic, Richard ⁱ   Ghent, Rebecca ^j   Glotch, Timothy D ^k   Wyatt, Michael B ^l   Lucey, Paul G ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ICE;

LUNAR CRUST; RADIOMETER; SOLAR SYSTEM; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COLD CLIMATE; LUNAR CRATER OBSERVATION AND SENSING SATELLITE; MOON; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; COLD; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; RADIOMETRY;

COLD TEMPERATURE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; MOON; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 77958188418     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1187726     Document Type: Article

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