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Radar-bright channels on Titan

hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorLE GALL, Alice
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorJANSSEN, M. A.
hal.structure.identifierSSE 2010
dc.contributor.authorPAILLOU, Philippe
hal.structure.identifierJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] [APL]
dc.contributor.authorLORENZ, R. D.
hal.structure.identifierJet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL]
dc.contributor.authorWALL, S. D.
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.identifier.issn0019-1035
dc.description.abstractEnDuring Cassini's T44 flyby of Titan (May 28, 2008), the Cassini SAR (synthetic aperture radar) revealed sinuous channels in the Southwest of Xanadu. These channels feature very large radar cross-sections, up to 5 dB, whereas the angle of incidence was relatively high, ˜20°. This backscatter is larger than allowed by the coherent backscatter model considered to explain the unusual reflective and polarization properties of the icy satellites and only a few radar scattering mechanisms can be responsible for such high radar returns. The presence of rounded (icy) pebbles with size larger than the radar wavelength (2.18 cm) is proposed to explain the large radar cross-sections measured in these units. The radar-bright channels are thus interpreted as riverbeds, where debris, likely shaped and transported by fluvial activity, have been deposited. Similar debris were observed in the landing site of the Huygens probe. This work may point the way to an explanation for the enhanced brightness of other fluvial regions of Titan.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.title.enRadar-bright channels on Titan
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/J.ICARUS.2009.12.027
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
bordeaux.journalIcarus
bordeaux.page948-958
bordeaux.volume207
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-00495905
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00495905v1
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