A new 1.6-micron map of Titan's surface

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Roe, H G ^a   de Pater, I ^b   Gibbard, S G ^c   Macintosh, B A ^c   Max, C E ^d   Young, E F ^e   Brown, M E ^a   Bouchez, A H ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

5470 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Surface materials and properties; 5494 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Instruments and techniques; 6280 Planetology: Solar system objects: Saturnian satellites

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPS; OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; TELESCOPES; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

STRONG METHANE ABSORPTION; TITAN SURFACE;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

PLANETARY SURFACE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TITAN;

CASSINI; HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; METHANE ABSORPTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE FEATURE;

EID: 9744277446     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019871     Document Type: Article

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