Lunine et al. 2008
Lunine, J.I., C. Elachi, S.D. Wall, M.A. Janssen, M.D. Allison, Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Franceschetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, R.L. Kirk, R.M. Lopes, R. Lorenz, D.O. Muhleman, R. Orosei, S.J. Ostro, F. Paganelli, P. Paillou, G. Picardi, F. Posa, J. Radebaugh, L.E. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L.A. Soderblom, B. Stiles, E.R. Stofan, S. Vetrella, R. West, C.A. Wood, L. Wye, H. Zebker, G. Alberti, E. Karkoschka, B. Rizk, E. McFarlane, C. See, and B. Kazeminejad, 2008: Titan's diverse landscapes as evidenced by Cassini RADAR's third and fourth looks at Titan. Icarus, 195, 415-433, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022.
Cassini's third and fourth radar flybys, T7 and T8, covered diverse terrains in the high southern and equatorial latitudes, respectively. The T7 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) swath is somewhat more straightforward to understand in terms of a progressive poleward descent from a high, dissected, and partly hilly terrain down to a low flat plain with embayments and deposits suggestive of the past or even current presence of hydrocarbon liquids. The T8 swath is dominated by dunes likely made of organic solids, but also contain somewhat enigmatic, probably tectonic, features that may be partly buried or degraded by erosion or relaxation in a thin crust. The dark areas in T7 show no dune morphology, unlike the dark areas in T8, but are radiometrically warm like the dunes. The Huygens landing site lies on the edge of the T8 swath; correlation of the radar and Huygens DISR images allows accurate determination of its coordinates, and indicates that to the north of the landing site sit two large longitudinal dunes. Indeed, had the Huygens probe trajectory been just 10 km north of where it actually was, images of large sand dunes would have been returned in place of the fluvially dissected terrain actually seen — illustrating the strong diversity of Titan's landscapes even at local scales.
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Lunine, J.I., Elachi, C., Wall, S.D., Janssen, M.A., Allison, M.D., Anderson, Y., Boehmer, R., Callahan, P., Encrenaz, P., Flamini, E., Franceschetti, G., Gim, Y., Hamilton, G., Hensley, S., Johnson, W.T.K., Kelleher, K., Kirk, R.L., Lopes, R.M., Lorenz, R., Muhleman, D.O., Orosei, R., Ostro, S.J., Paganelli, F., Paillou, P., Picardi, G., Posa, F., Radebaugh, J., Roth, L.E., Seu, R., Shaffer, S., Soderblom, L.A., Stiles, B., Stofan, E.R., Vetrella, S., West, R., Wood, C.A., Wye, L., Zebker, H., Alberti, G., Karkoschka, E., Rizk, B., McFarlane, E., See, C., and Kazeminejad, B.: Titan's diverse landscapes as evidenced by Cassini RADAR's third and fourth looks at Titan, Icarus, 195, 415-433, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022, 2008.
Lunine, J.I., C. Elachi, S.D. Wall, M.A. Janssen, M.D. Allison, Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Franceschetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, R.L. Kirk, R.M. Lopes, R. Lorenz, D.O. Muhleman, R. Orosei, S.J. Ostro, F. Paganelli, P. Paillou, G. Picardi, F. Posa, J. Radebaugh, L.E. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L.A. Soderblom, B. Stiles, E.R. Stofan, S. Vetrella, R. West, C.A. Wood, L. Wye, H. Zebker, G. Alberti, E. Karkoschka, B. Rizk, E. McFarlane, C. See, and B. Kazeminejad (2008), Titan's diverse landscapes as evidenced by Cassini RADAR's third and fourth looks at Titan, Icarus, 195, 415-433, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022.
Lunine, J.I., C. Elachi, S.D. Wall, M.A. Janssen, M.D. Allison, Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Franceschetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, R.L. Kirk, R.M. Lopes, R. Lorenz, D.O. Muhleman, R. Orosei, S.J. Ostro, F. Paganelli, P. Paillou, G. Picardi, F. Posa, J. Radebaugh, L.E. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L.A. Soderblom, B. Stiles, E.R. Stofan, S. Vetrella, R. West, C.A. Wood, L. Wye, H. Zebker, G. Alberti, E. Karkoschka, B. Rizk, E. McFarlane, C. See, and B. Kazeminejad, 2008: Titan's diverse landscapes as evidenced by Cassini RADAR's third and fourth looks at Titan. Icarus, 195, 415-433, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022.
Lunine, J.I., et al. 2008, Icarus, 195, 415, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022.
Lunine JI, Elachi C, Wall SD, Janssen MA, Allison MD, Anderson Y, Boehmer R, Callahan P, Encrenaz P, Flamini E, Franceschetti G, Gim Y, Hamilton G, Hensley S, Johnson WTK, Kelleher K, Kirk RL, Lopes RM, Lorenz R, Muhleman DO, Orosei R, Ostro SJ, Paganelli F, Paillou P, Picardi G, Posa F, Radebaugh J, Roth LE, Seu R, Shaffer S, Soderblom LA, Stiles B, Stofan ER, Vetrella S, West R, Wood CA, Wye L, Zebker H, Alberti G, Karkoschka E, Rizk B, McFarlane E, See C, Kazeminejad B. Titan's diverse landscapes as evidenced by Cassini RADAR's third and fourth looks at Titan, Icarus 2008;195:415-433. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022.
J.I. Lunine, C. Elachi, S.D. Wall, M.A. Janssen, M.D. Allison, Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Franceschetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, R.L. Kirk, R.M. Lopes, R. Lorenz, D.O. Muhleman, R. Orosei, S.J. Ostro, F. Paganelli, P. Paillou, G. Picardi, F. Posa, J. Radebaugh, L.E. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L.A. Soderblom, B. Stiles, E.R. Stofan, S. Vetrella, R. West, C.A. Wood, L. Wye, H. Zebker, G. Alberti, E. Karkoschka, B. Rizk, E. McFarlane, C. See, B. Kazeminejad, Icarus 195, 415-433, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.022 (2008).
