An upper limit for ice in Shackleton crater as revealed by LRO Mini-RF orbital radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Thomson, B J ^a   Bussey, D B J ^b   Neish, C D ^b   Cahill, J T S ^b   Heggy, E ^c   Kirk, R L ^d   Patterson, G W ^b   Raney, R K ^b   Spudis, P D ^e   Thompson, T W ^c   Ustinov, E A ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

CRATER WALL; LUNAR POLAR REGIONS; LUNAR SOUTH POLE; ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; UPPER LIMITS;

ICE;

CRATER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEN; ICE; MOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR REGION; RADAR; REGOLITH;

EID: 84864493026     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052119     Document Type: Article

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