Topographic modeling and analysis of the landing site of Chang'E-3 on the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 405, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-273

  Wu, Bo ^a   Li, Fei ^b   Ye, Lei ^a   Qiao, Si ^a   Huang, Jun ^b   Wu, Xueying ^b   Zhang, He ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chang'E 3; Crater size frequency; Landing site characterization; Slope; Topography

Indexed keywords

CHANG'E-3; CRATER SIZE-FREQUENCY; LANDING SITE; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHIC MODELS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRY; CRATER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; IMAGERY; MOON; REMOTE SENSING; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SLOPE; SPACECRAFT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84907864615     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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