Radar scattering of linear dunes and mega-yardangs: Application to Titan

Philippe Paillou^a,*, Benoît Seignovert^b, Jani Radebaugh^c, Stephen Wall^d

• ^a Université de Bordeaux, UMR 5804-LAB, 33270 Floirac, France
• ^b Université de Reims, UMR 7331-GSMA, 51687 Reims, France
• ^c Brigham Young University, Department of Geological Sciences, Provo, UT 84602, USA

• ^d Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA

• ^* Corresponding author

History

• Received: 12 March 2015
• Revised: 24 July 2015
• Accepted: 29 July 2015
• Available online: 7 August 2015
• Printed version: 15 May 2016 (Special Issue: Titan's Surface and Atmosphere)

Hightlights

• Analysis of the radar signature of linear dunes and mega-yardangs on Earth
• Use of high resolution TerraSAR-X images
• Application to the analysis of Cassini Radar data
• T8 flyby over Belet Sand Sea: two types of linear dunes there
• T64/T83 flybys: mega-yardangs there, possible remnants of ancient lake basins

Keywords

• Titan
• Radar observations
• Aeolian processes

Note

This document is based on the author manuscript version.