This dataset contains derived radar backscatter cross section data acquired using the Pioneer 12 Venus Orbiting Radar during the Pioneer Venus Orbiter mission.

 
Citation Ford, P. G., P12 V ORBITING RADAR DERIVED BACKSCATTER CROSS SECTION V1.0, P12-V-ORAD-5-BACKSCATTER-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1988
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.17189/1519566
Data Set Abstract This data set consists of a VICAR2 format image of Venus large-angle radar backscatter cross section, from the side-looking mode of the Pioneer Venus radar mapper experiment. The cross section is corrected for Venus atmospheric absorption and normalized to 45 degree incidence angle via the phenomenological Muhleman scattering function. Data are presented in simple cylindrical format, with 1024 lines (latitude) and 4096 samples (longitude).
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    Additional Information
    Mission Information PIONEER
    PRE-MAGELLAN
    Data Set Information P12-V-ORAD-5-BACKSCATTER-V1.0
    Instrument Host Information P12
    Instrument Information ORAD
    Target Information VENUS