HR: 08:30h
AN: P41B-03    [Abstracts]
TI: Early Results at Titan with the Cassini RADAR Radiometer
AU: Janssen, M A
EM: michael.a.janssen@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: * Lorenz, R D
EM: rlorenz@lpl.arizona.edu
AF: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721 United States
AU: Anderson, Y Z
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Boehmer, R
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Boehmer, R
AF: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721 United States
AU: Callahan, P
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Kelleher, K
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Lopes, R
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Roth, L
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Wall, S
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: West, R
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Johnson, B T
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AB: The Cassini Radar instrument includes a passive microwave radiometer operating at 13.78 GHz (~ 2.2 cm wavelength). An objective for the radiometer is the global mapping of the temperature and dielectric constant of Titan's surface, to be achieved using raster scans to measure the polarized thermal emission from Titan's disk on selected inbound and outbound passes. Results will be presented from the first such mapping of Titan, to be obtained during the initial Titan pass on 26 August, 2004 and initial interpretations made with regard to composition and temperature distribution. This work was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
DE: 5445 Meteorology (3346)
DE: 5464 Remote sensing
DE: 5470 Surface materials and properties
DE: 6280 Saturnian satellites
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting