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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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45
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3464
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Environmental Sciences

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For pioneering developments of space-borne radars for imaging the earth and planets.

Overview

Charles Elachi is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research contributions span mainly the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus also on Earth and Planetary Sciences. The scholar has published extensively in subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers numerous research topics, primarily Planetary Science and Exploration and Astro and Planetary Science. Other focal topics include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Geophysical Methods and Applications, Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis, and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Charles Elachi include:

  • Samuel Birch
  • Anezina Solomonidou
  • R. M. C. Lopes
  • Mark Haynes
  • Alice Le Gall

Charles Elachi has published articles in various scientific venues, such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Charles Elachi include:

  • Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-Surface (REASON), 2024, Space Science Reviews
  • A 2-D Pseudospectral Time-Domain (PSTD) Simulator for Large-Scale Electromagnetic Scattering and Radar Sounding Applications, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • The lake-level changes of Lop Nur over the past 2000 years and its linkage to the decline of the ancient Loulan Kingdom, 2022, Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • The root of anomalously specular reflections from solid surfaces on Saturn's moon Titan, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Geomorphological Map of the Soi Crater Region on Titan, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Charles Elachi was recognized by the National Academy of Engineering with membership awarded in 1989 for pioneering developments of space-borne radars for imaging the earth and planets.

Best Publications

  • Radar polarimetry for geoscience applications

    Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Charles Elachi

  • Microwave Radar and Radiometric Remote Sensing

    Fawwaz T. Ulaby;David G. Long;William J. Blackwell;Charles Elachi

  • Imaging radar polarization signatures: Theory and observation

    Jakob J. van Zyl;Howard A. Zebker;Charles Elachi

  • The lakes of Titan

    Ellen R. Stofan;Charles Elachi;Jonathan I. Lunine;Ralf D. Lorenz

  • Waves in active and passive periodic structures: A review

    C. Elachi

  • Subsurface Valleys and Geoarcheology of the Eastern Sahara Revealed by Shuttle Radar

    J. F. McCAULEY;G. G. Schaber;C. S. Breed;M. J. Grolier

  • The sand seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR observations of longitudinal dunes.

    R. D. Lorenz;S. Wall;J. Radebaugh;G. Boubin

  • Spaceborne radar remote sensing: Applications and techniques

    Charles Elachi

  • Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan: Distribution and interaction with a porous regolith

    A. Hayes;O. Aharonson;P. Callahan;C. Elachi

  • Cassini radar views the surface of Titan

    C. Elachi;S. Wall;M. Allison;Y. Anderson

  • Radiation patterns of interfacial dipole antennas

    N. Engheta;C. H. Papas;C. Elachi

  • Cryovolcanic features on Titan's surface as revealed by the Cassini Titan Radar Mapper

    Rosaly M.C. Lopes;K. L. Mitchell;Ellen R. Stofan;Jonathan I. Lunine;Jonathan I. Lunine

  • Properties of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko interior revealed by CONSERT radar

    Wlodek Kofman;Alain Herique;Yves Barbin;Jean Pierre Barriot

  • Radar: The Cassini Titan Radar Mapper

    C. Elachi;M.D. Allison;L. Borgarelli;P. Encrenaz

  • Correlations between Cassini VIMS spectra and RADAR SAR images: Implications for Titan's surface composition and the character of the Huygens Probe Landing Site

    Laurence A. Soderblom;Randolph L. Kirk;Jonathan I. Lunine;Jeffrey A. Anderson

  • Spaceborne Radar Subsurface Imaging in Hyperarid Regions

    Charles Elachi;Ladislav E. Roth;Gerald G. Schaber

  • An asymmetric distribution of lakes on Titan as a possible consequence of orbital forcing

    O. Aharonson;A. G. Hayes;J. I. Lunine;R. D. Lorenz

  • Spaceborne synthetic-aperture imaging radars: Applications, techniques, and technology

    C. Elachi;T. Bicknell;R.L. Jordan;Chialin Wu

  • Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing: Elachi/Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing, Second Edition

    Charles Elachi;Jakob van Zyl

  • The Comet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave Transmission (CONSERT): A Short Description of the Instrument and of the Commissioning Stages

    Wlodek Kofman;Alain Hérique;Jean-Pierre Goutail;Tor Hagfors

  • The Lakes of Titan

    J. Lunine;E. Stofan;C. Elachi;R. Lorenz

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosaly M. C. Lopes
Rosaly M. C. Lopes California Institute of Technology
Jonathan I. Lunine
Jonathan I. Lunine Jet Propulsion Lab
Ralph D. Lorenz
Ralph D. Lorenz Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Ellen R. Stofan
Ellen R. Stofan Smithsonian Institution
Howard A. Zebker
Howard A. Zebker Stanford University
Randolph L. Kirk
Randolph L. Kirk United States Geological Survey
Tom G. Farr
Tom G. Farr California Institute of Technology
Giovanni Picardi
Giovanni Picardi Sapienza University of Rome
Alexander G. Hayes
Alexander G. Hayes Cornell University
Jani Radebaugh
Jani Radebaugh Brigham Young University

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