Anomolous Radar Backscatter from Titan's Xanadu

M. A. Janssen (1) , Alice Le Gall (2) , L. C. Wye (3) , H. A. Zebker (4) , R. D. Lorenz (5) , Philippe Paillou (6, 7, 8) , F. Paganelli (1)

1 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2 PLANETO - LATMOS
3 Stanford University
4 Department of Electrical Engineering [Stanford]
5 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
6 L3AB - Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux
7 OASU - Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers
8 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]

We use simultaneously measured radar reflectivity and microwave emission from the Cassini Radar instrument to show that the radar backscattering seen across Titan's Xanadu region is too high to be explained by any known surface model.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

M. A. Janssen, Alice Le Gall, L. C. Wye, H. A. Zebker, R. D. Lorenz, et al.. Anomolous Radar Backscatter from Titan's Xanadu. 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Lunar and Planetary Science XL, Mar 2009, The Woodlands, Texas, United States. pp.id. 1916. ⟨hal-00405351⟩