Mead Crater, Venus - Aerodynamic roughness of wind streaks

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Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997lpi....28.1559w&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 559.

Computer Science

Venus Surface, Planetary Craters, Satellite Imagery, Surface Roughness, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Magellan Spacecraft (Nasa), Backscattering, Earth Surface

Scientific paper

Radar backscatter images of Venus returned by the Magellan spacecraft revealed many aeolian features on the planet's surface. While much work has focused on terrestrial wind streaks, the harsh environment of Venus limits direct measurement of surface properties, such as aerodynamic roughness, that affect aeolian features on that planet. However, a correlation between radar backscatter and aerodynamic roughness (Z0) for the S-band radar system on Magellan can be used to study the aerodynamic roughnesses of areas in which Venusian wind streaks occur. The aerodynamic roughness of areas with both radar-bright and radar-dark wind streaks near Mead crater are calculated and compared to z0 values measured on Earth in order to compare the surface of Venus with known terrestrial surface textures.

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