The MVACS Surface Stereo Imager on Mars Polar Lander

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E8, 2001, Pages 17589-17607

  Smith, P H ^a   Reynolds, R ^a   Weinberg, J ^a   Friedman, T ^a   Lemmon, M T ^a   Tanner, R ^a   Reid, R J ^a   Marcialis, R L ^a   Bos, B J ^a   Oquest, C ^a   Keller, H U ^b   Markiewicz, W J ^b   Kramm, R ^b   Gliem, F ^c   Rueffer, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION; MARS; POLAR REGION; STEREO IMAGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034823410     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001116     Document Type: Article

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