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    • P12 V ORBITING RADAR DERIVED BACKSCATTER CROSS SECTION V1.0

    Metadata Updated: April 11, 2025

    This data set consists of a VICAR2 format image of Venus large-angle radar backscatter cross section, from the side-looking mode of the Pioneer Venus radar mapper experiment. The cross section is corrected for Venus atmospheric absorption and normalized to 45 degree incidence angle via the phenomenological Muhleman scattering function. Data are presented in simple cylindrical format, with 1024 lines (latitude) and 4096 samples (longitude).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.p12-v-orad-5-backscatter-v1.0_msr7-dcwg
    Data First Published 2018-06-26
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id f1fb963f-02e7-426f-acf8-734c16cf5919
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=P12-V-ORAD-5-BACKSCATTER-V1.0
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 4828b5e336f3f2729de7120048737936b4a426e890660b0fe73d8cc113cd0249
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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