Guide to Magellan Image Interpretation

 

Index i

 

A
 
altimeter/radiometer composite data record 7, 20
altimetry 19-20, 27, 109
anaglyph 36, 40
arachnoids 100, 106
ARCDR (see altimeter/radiometer composite data record)
autocorrelation 53
 
B
 
backscatter
approximation 10
coefficient 9-10, 81
Venus average (Muhleman) basic image data record 7, 9
BIDR (see basic image data record)
Bragg model 54
 
C
 
caldera 125, 133
canal) 114, 120
collapse features 63, 114, 122, 123, 125
color overlay 27, 115
combined SAR/non-SAR data 27-29, 115
complex ridge terrain 100, 104
compressional features
mountain belts 97-98
ridge belts 98, 102
ridges 98
cones 111, 117, 127
coronae 100, 105
correlation length 53
crater extended deposits 60-61
craters
distinction of 79
impact 75
volcanic 122
cycles of coverage 7, 11-17
 
D
 
data
altimetry 19
availability 141-143
collection modes 2-3, 4
non-SAR 19
radiometry 25-26
reflectivity, rms slope 20, 25
SAR image 7
stereo 34-35
storage formats 9
DEM (see digital elevation model)
depression angle 45
dielectric constant 26, 28, 55, 110-112, 114
digital elevation model 36-37
domes 41, 67, 72, 117, 122-123,129
dunes 58, 60, 65-68
 
E
 
echo profile (template) 20, 125
ejecta 61, 75, 81
emissivity 25-26, 28, 30, 83
eolian features 57
crater extended deposits 60-61
dunes 58, 60, 65-68
wind streaks 57-58
yardangs 60
extensional features graben/troughs 93, 94-95
rift (valley) 97
scarps/normal faults 96-97
 
F
 
facet model 54
footprint
altimeter 2, 19-20, 25
radiometer 20, 26
Fresnel reflectivity 20, 25, 55
 
G
 
global data records 20, 21-24
graben 93, 94-95
gravity observations 13
GxDR (see global data records)
 
H
 
Hagfors model 54
Hagfors scattering function 25
halos 58, 75-76, 81
 
I
 
image
brightness 11, 27, 109-11
data records 7-9
distortion 33, 45
swath dimensions 7
imaging geometry 45-48, 86
left-looking 11-13, 14, 16-17
right-looking 11, 15
impact craters
distinction of origin 79
extended deposits 60-61
general characteristics 75
halos 75-76, 81
Magellan results 76-78
modification 85-86
morphological types 76-78
outflow deposits 65, 81
parabolic features 26, 60-61, 70,
radiophysical properties 79, 82-83
slope/depth measurements 81
splotches 81, 85, 87
Venera results 76
incidence angle 45-46
surface roughness relations 48-51
variation with latitude 36-37
 
L
 
lava channels 114-115, 116
canali 114, 120
rifle 114, 121
lavaflows 61, 109-115, 116, 118-119
layover 33, 47, 49
look angle 45 48
look direction (azimuth) 48, 51-52
looks, number of 9
 
M
 
Magellan
extended mission 1, 33
mapping orbit profile 3, 5
mission requirements 1
modes of data collection 2-3, 4
radar sensor 2-3
scientific objectives 1
stereo data 34-35
system and orbit characteristics 3
mapping
cycles 1, 7, 11, 13
geologic 76-77, 84, 135-139
orbit profile 3, 5
radar units 113, 119, 137-139
stereo 86
topographic 37
mass movements 63
MIDR (see mosaicked image data record)
model
backscatter approximation 10
Bragg 54
digital elevation 36-37
facet 54
Hagfors 54
Muhleman 9-10, 54
scattering 54
small perturbation 54
stationary-phase approximation 54
"topo" 33
mosaicked image data record 7, 9
mosaicking 7, 9
mountain belts 97-98
Muhleman model 9-10, 54
 
N
 
non-SAR data 19
applications 27-30, 79-81, 110
 
O
 
orbit profile 3, 5
outflow deposits 65, 81
 
P
 
parabolic features 26, 60-61, 70, 75
parallax measurement 34-36
pixel
DN-to-dB conversion 10
resolution 9
values 9, 10
plains, volcanic 109
power spectrum 53-55
pre-Magellan observations 1
 
R
 
radar shadowing 47-49
radar/surface interactions dielectric constant 26, 28, 55, 110-112, 114
imaging geometry 45-48, 86
roughness 48-54
scattering models 54-55
radiometry 25-26
Rayleigh criterion 51, 55
reflectivity, rms slope 20, 25
relief displacement 33-35
resolution
gravity 13
pixel 9
radiometer 2
SAR image 9
ridge belts 98, 102
ridges 98
rift (valley) 85-86, 88, 97
rifle 114, 121
rms height 51
rms slope 20, 25
roughness 48-54
 
S
 
SAR image data 7
scattering models 54-55
slope/depth measurements 81
small perturbation model 54
small shields 117
splotches 81, 85, 87
stereo imaging 33-34, 86-88
applications 35-36
surface modification processes
at high elevations 62-63
eolian features 57-61
mass movements 63
of lava flows 61-62
 
T
 
tectonic features 93
complex 100-101
compressional 97-100
extensional 93-97
template matching 20, 125
tesserae (see complex ridge terrain)
topography
color coding 27-28
contouring 27-28, 81-82
measurement 34-36, 81, 85
three-dimensional perspective 27, 29, 125,132
troughs 93, 94-95
 
V
 
volcanic features 109
caldera 125, 133
canali 114, 120
collapse 63, 114, 122, 123, 125
crater distinction 79
lava channels 114-115, 116
lava flows 61,109-115, 116, 118-119
plains 109
rifle 114, 121
volcanoes
cones 111, 117, 127
domes 41, 67, 72, 117, 122-123, 129
intermediate large 123-125
small domes 117
small shields 117
 
W
 
wind streaks 57-58
 
Y
 
yardangs 60
 

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