Planetary landing-zone reconnaissance using ice-penetrating radar data: Concept validation in Antarctica

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-204

  Grima, Cyril ^a   Schroeder, Dustin M ^a   Blankenship, Donald D ^a   Young, Duncan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice; Landing; Planets; Radar; Roughness; Surface

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CATCHMENTS; ICE; LANDING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLANETARY LANDERS; PLANETS; POROSITY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITES; SITE SELECTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; SURVEYS;

BACKSCATTERING MODELS; CONCEPT VALIDATIONS; CONFIDENCE FACTORS; LOW SURFACE ROUGHNESS; PENETRATING RADAR; PLANETARY LANDING; SIGNIFICANT SURFACES; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 85027917899     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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