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MAGELLAN SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS VECTOR DATA RECORD
This data set contains the Magellan Surface Characteristics Vector Data Record (SCVDR) which is an orbit-by-orbit reduction of Magellan scattering and emission measurements carried out at Stanford University. The SCVDR includes near-nadir scattering functions obtained by numerical inversion from altimetry (ALT) echoes, results (e.g., rms surface slopes and Fresnel reflectivity) from fitting analytic functions to those inversions, scattering function segments at oblique incidence angles derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) echoes, and estimates of surface emissivity derived from thermal microwave radiometry (RAD) measurements. The SCVDR is one of several inputs to the Global Vector Data Record (GVDR), a gridded summary of scattering results, also produced at Stanford.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| accrualPeriodicity | irregular |
| bureauCode |
[ "026:00" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Thomas Morgan", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:thomas.h.morgan@nasa.gov" } |
| description | This data set contains the Magellan Surface Characteristics Vector Data Record (SCVDR) which is an orbit-by-orbit reduction of Magellan scattering and emission measurements carried out at Stanford University. The SCVDR includes near-nadir scattering functions obtained by numerical inversion from altimetry (ALT) echoes, results (e.g., rms surface slopes and Fresnel reflectivity) from fitting analytic functions to those inversions, scattering function segments at oblique incidence angles derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) echoes, and estimates of surface emissivity derived from thermal microwave radiometry (RAD) measurements. The SCVDR is one of several inputs to the Global Vector Data Record (GVDR), a gridded summary of scattering results, also produced at Stanford. |
| identifier | urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mgn-v-rdrs-5-scvdr-v1.0_3ejj-subi |
| issued | 2021-05-21 |
| keyword |
[ "magellan", "venus" ] |
| landingPage | https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=MGN-V-RDRS-5-SCVDR-V1.0 |
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-07-17 |
| programCode |
[ "026:005" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| references |
[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ] |
| theme |
[ "Earth Science" ] |
| title | MAGELLAN SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS VECTOR DATA RECORD |
