The Magellan Surface Characteristics Vector Data Record (SCVDR) archive contains orbit-by-orbit reductions of Magellan scattering and emission measurements acquired during its mission to Venus.

 
Citation Tyler, G. L., MAGELLAN SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS VECTOR DATA RECORD, MGN-V-RDRS-5-SCVDR-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1995
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.17189/1522514
Data Set Abstract This data set contains the Magellan Surface Characteristics Vector Data Record (SCVDR) which is an orbit-by-orbit reduction of Magellan scattering and emission measurements carried out at Stanford University. The SCVDR includes near-nadir scattering functions obtained by numerical inversion from altimetry (ALT) echoes, results (e.g., rms surface slopes and Fresnel reflectivity) from fitting analytic functions to those inversions, scattering function segments at oblique incidence angles derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) echoes, and estimates of surface emissivity derived from thermal microwave radiometry (RAD) measurements. The SCVDR is one of several inputs to the Global Vector Data Record (GVDR), a gridded summary of scattering results, also produced at Stanford.
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    Additional Information
    Mission Information MAGELLAN
    Data Set Information MGN-V-RDRS-5-SCVDR-V1.0
    Instrument Host Information MGN
    Instrument Information RDRS
    Target Information VENUS