Cassini radar altimetry

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planetary radar observation technique radar altimetry technique remote sensing method

Cassini radar altimetry is a remote sensing technique used by the Cassini spacecraft to measure Titan’s surface elevations and map features such as its north polar seas through radar reflections.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cassini RADAR global mosaics	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	planetary radar observation technique ⓘ radar altimetry technique ⓘ remote sensing method ⓘ
basedOn	radar backscatter analysis ⓘ radar echo time delay measurements ⓘ
complements	Cassini radar SAR imaging NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassini radiometry observations ⓘ
dataProduct	Titan elevation profiles ⓘ Titan global topographic maps ⓘ bathymetry estimates of Titan’s seas ⓘ radar backscatter cross sections ⓘ surface roughness measurements ⓘ
electromagneticBand	Ku-band ⓘ
enablesStudyOf	Titan’s fluvial channels ⓘ Titan’s lakes NERFINISHED ⓘ Titan’s north polar seas ⓘ Titan’s seas NERFINISHED ⓘ Titan’s topographic basins ⓘ
environment	Titan’s dense nitrogen–methane atmosphere ⓘ
frequency	approximately 13.78 gigahertz ⓘ
measurementGeometry	nadir-looking radar configuration ⓘ
measurementType	one-dimensional elevation profiles along ground tracks ⓘ
mission	Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	ASI NERFINISHED ⓘ ESA NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA ⓘ
primaryPurpose	characterize Titan’s surface features ⓘ map Titan’s topography ⓘ measure Titan’s surface elevations ⓘ
requiresCorrectionFor	Titan’s shape and rotation ⓘ spacecraft motion ⓘ
scientificOutcome	constraints on depths of Titan’s north polar seas ⓘ evidence for filled and empty basins at Titan’s poles ⓘ
supportsResearchOn	Titan climate ⓘ Titan geomorphology ⓘ Titan hydrology ⓘ Titan sea composition and depth ⓘ
targetBody	Saturn’s moon Titan NERFINISHED ⓘ Titan NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeFrame	operational during Cassini Titan flybys between 2004 and 2017 ⓘ
usedBy	Cassini orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassini–Huygens spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedToDetermine	Titan polar topographic asymmetries ⓘ absolute elevations of Titan’s seas relative to geoid ⓘ shoreline elevations of Titan’s lakes ⓘ slopes of Titan’s channels ⓘ
uses	Cassini RADAR instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ
wavelength	approximately 2.17 centimeters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Titan’s north polar seas → mappedBy → Cassini radar altimetry ⓘ

Shangri-La dune fields on Titan → studiedIn → Cassini radar altimetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassini RADAR global mosaics