Predictions of MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer measurements for Mercurys north polar region

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1665-1669

  Lawrence, David J ^a   Harmon, John K ^b   Feldman, William C ^c   Goldsten, John O ^a   Paige, David A ^d   Peplowski, Patrick N ^a   Rhodes, Edgar A ^a   Selby, Christina M ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; MESSENGER; Neutron spectroscopy; Polar deposits

Indexed keywords

COUNTING STATISTICS; MESSENGER; NEUTRON COUNT RATES; NEUTRON MEASUREMENTS; NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY; NORTH POLAR REGION; NORTH POLE; ORBITAL MISSIONS; POLAR DEPOSITS; RADAR DATA; RADAR IMAGE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; WATER ICE;

DEPOSITS; FORECASTING; HYDROGEN; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MERCURY (METAL); NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; NEUTRONS; POLES; RADAR; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 80052830816     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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