Titan's Topography and Shape at the End of the Cassini Mission

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作者
Corlies, P. [1 ]
Hayes, A. G. [1 ]
Birch, S. P. D. [1 ]
Lorenz, R. [2 ]
Stiles, B. W. [3 ]
Kirk, R. [4 ]
Poggiali, V. [1 ]
Zebker, H. [5 ,6 ]
Iess, L. [7 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Dept Astron, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD USA
[3] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA USA
[4] US Geol Survey, Astrogeol Div, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 USA
[5] Stanford Univ, Dept Geophys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[6] Stanford Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[7] Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Ingn Meccan & Aerospaziale, Rome, Italy
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
FLUVIAL EROSION; RADAR; MORPHOLOGY; CLOUDS;
D O I
10.1002/2017GL075518
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
With the conclusion of the Cassini mission, we present an updated topographic map of Titan, including all the available altimetry, SARtopo, and stereophotogrammetry topographic data sets available from the mission. We use radial basis functions to interpolate the sparse data set, which covers only similar to 9% of Titan's global area. The most notable updates to the topography include higher coverage of the poles of Titan, improved fits to the global shape, and a finer resolution of the global interpolation. We also present a statistical analysis of the error in the derived products and perform a global minimization on a profile-by-profile basis to account for observed biases in the input data set. We find a greater flattening of Titan than measured, additional topographic rises in Titan's southern hemisphere and better constrain the possible locations of past and present liquids on Titan's surface.
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页码:11754 / 11761
页数:8
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