Cassini SAR, radiometry, scatterometry and altimetry observations of Titan's dune fields

Icarus

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 608-624

  Le Gall, A ^a   Janssen, M A ^a   Wye, L C ^b   Hayes, A G ^c   Radebaugh, J ^d   Savage, C ^d   Zebker, H ^b   Lorenz, R D ^e   Lunine, J I ^f   Kirk, R L ^g   Lopes, R M C ^a   Wall, S ^a   Callahan, P ^a   Stofan, E R ^h   Farr, T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Brigham Young University   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h Proxemy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Radar observations; Radio observations; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956286406     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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