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Elachi, C.; Allison, M. D.; Borgarelli, L.; Encrenaz, P.; Im, E.; Janssen, M. A.; Johnson, W. T. K.; Kirk, R. L.; Lorenz, R. D.; Lunine, J. I.; Muhleman, D. O.; Ostro, S. J.; Picardi, G.; Posa, F.; Rapley, C. G.; Roth, L. E.; Seu, R.; Soderblom, L. A.; Vetrella, S.; Wall, S. D. Wood, C. A.; Zebker, H. A.
2004
Title: "Radar: The Cassini Titan Radar Mapper"
Publication: The Cassini-Huygens Mission, by Russell, Christopher T., ISBN 978-1-4020-3147-2. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, p. 71
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3874-7_2
Abstract: The Cassini RADAR instrument is a multimode 13.8 GHz multiple-beam sensor that can operate as a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imager, altimeter, scatterometer, and radiometer. The principal objective of the RADAR is to map the surface of Titan. This will be done in the imaging, scatterometer, and radiometer modes. The RADAR altimeter data will provide information on relative elevations in selected areas. Surfaces of the Saturn's icy satellites will be explored utilizing the RADAR radiometer and scatterometer modes. Saturn's atmosphere and rings will be probed in the radiometer mode only. The instrument is a joint development by JPL/NASA and ASI. The RADAR design features significant autonomy and data compression capabilities. It is expected that the instrument will detect surfaces with backscatter coefficient as low as -40 dB.
2021-03-18
1.0
conversion of PDS3 CO RADAR archive to comply with PDS4 Information Model.
Calibration
Derived
"The one-way gains are linear scale values between 0 and 1 and are not in dB.
The gains for all five beams are scaled so that the maximum gain for beam 3
represents unity. The actual beam 3 peak gain is stored in dB as the value
for the beam_maxdB_gain3 keyword in the processor configuration (*.CFG) file,
which is located in directory CALIB/CONFIG on this volume."
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cassini orbiter
Spacecraft
cassini radar
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Antenna Beam Pattern
Calibration Field
BEAM3_V01.PAT
Array_2D_Image
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BEAM3_V01.LBL
PDS3 label for this data product
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7-Bit ASCII Text
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