A study on Ganymede's surface topography: Perspectives for radar sounding

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-44

  Berquin, Y ^a   Kofman, W ^a,c   Herique, A ^a   Alberti, G ^b   Beck, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b Consorzio di Ricerca Su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati ^*  (Italy)

^c Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ganymede; Mars; Radar sounding; Surface; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GANYMEDE; MARS; PHOTOCLINOMETRIC ANALYSIS; PLANETARY BODIES; RADAR SOUNDINGS; SUBSURFACE LIQUID; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

RADAR;

EID: 84875415706     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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