The m-chi decomposition of hybrid dual-polarimetric radar data with application to lunar craters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Raney Keith, R ^a   Cahill, Joshua T S ^a   Patterson Wesley, G ^a   Bussey, D Benjamin J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CRATER; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; MOON; SCATTERING;

EID: 84861447411     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003986     Document Type: Article

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