Remote and in situ detection of environmental and biological signatures: Ground-truthing hyperspectral imaging for planetary exploration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5555, Issue , 2004, Pages 270-280

  Storrie Lombardi, Michael C ^a   Brown, Adrian J ^b   Walter, Malcolm R ^b  

^a Kinohi Institute   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Bayesian probabilities; Complexity analysis; Hyperspectral imaging; Paleobiosignatures; Pilbara; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEURAL NETWORKS; ORBITS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANETS; SPACE OPTICS;

ARCHAEAN; BAYESIAN PROBABILITIES; COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; PALEOBIOSIGNATURES; PILBARA; STROMATOLITES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 14944339102     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.563607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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