Mapping Titan's surface features within the visible spectrum via Cassini VIMS

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-61

  Vixie, Graham ^a   Barnes, Jason W ^a   Bow, Jacob ^a   Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^b   Rodriguez, Sébastien ^c   Brown, Robert H ^d   Cerroni, Priscilla ^e   Tosi, Federico ^f   Buratti, Bonnie ^g   Sotin, Christophe ^g   Filacchione, Gianrico ^e   Capaccioni, Fabrizio ^e   Coradini, Angioletta ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^f INAF   (Italy)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassini VIMS; Optical wavelength; Surface; Titan; Visible imaging

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HAZE; BRIGHT SPOTS; CASSINI; COLOR SCHEMES; GLOBAL MAP; GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES; HAZE LAYER; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; INFRARED CHANNEL; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE FEATURE; SURFACE MAPPING; TITAN; VISIBLE IMAGING; VISIBLE SPECTRA; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; VISUAL AND INFRARED MAPPING SPECTROMETERS;

MAPPING; METHANE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACES; TELESCOPES;

WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84855685987     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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