Topographic Data Acquisition for the VERITAS 2023 Iceland Field Campaign

The NASA Discovery mission VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) will explore Venus in the early 2030s, acquiring foundational global datasets that will reshape our understanding of planetary evolution [1]. In addition to a gravity science investigation [2] a...

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Main Authors: Mazarico, E., Nunes, Daniel, Cascioli, G., Smrekar, S., Andrews-Hanna, Jeff, Müller, N., Iess, L., Domac, Akin, Whitten, Jennifer L., Buczkowski, D.L., Jozwiak, L. M., Di Achille, Gaetano, Mastrogiuseppe, M, Hamilton, Christopher W., Pedersen, Gro
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Extrasolare Planeten und Atmosphären
Planetenphysik
Venus
Iceland
Online Access:https://elib.dlr.de/210760/
https://elib.dlr.de/210760/1/1142.pdf
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024/pdf/1142.pdf
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Summary:The NASA Discovery mission VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) will explore Venus in the early 2030s, acquiring foundational global datasets that will reshape our understanding of planetary evolution [1]. In addition to a gravity science investigation [2] and a near-infrared spectrometer (VEM) [3], a synthetic aperture radar (VISAR) [4] will globally map the surface at X-band wavelength (~4 cm). To better interpret the radar backscatter measurements, relate them to physical properties such as surface roughness, and intercompare them with other radar datasets (Magellan S-band and EnVision VenSAR S-band), the VERITAS science team conducted a field campaign in Iceland, in collaboration with a multi-band radar mapping airborne campaign by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) [5,6].

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