The nature of lunar volatiles as revealed by Mini-RF observations of the LCROSS impact site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Neish, C D ^a   Bussey, D B J ^a   Spudis, P ^b   Marshall, W ^c,d   Thomson, B J ^a   Patterson, G W ^a   Carter, L M ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LUNAR CRUST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; REGOLITH; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRAIN;

EID: 78751512488     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003647     Document Type: Article

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