Context for the ESA ExoMars rover: The Panoramic Camera (PanCam) instrument

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Griffiths, Andrew D ^a   Coates, Andrew J ^a   Jaumann, Ralf ^b   Michaelis, Harald ^b   Paar, Gerhard ^c   Barnes, David ^d   Josset, Jean Luc ^e   Oberst, Jürgen ^f   Albertz, Jörg ^f   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^f   Crawford, Ian ^f   Ellery, Alex ^f   Foing, Bernard ^f   Formisano, Vittorio ^f   van Gasselt, Stephan ^f   Gowen, Rob ^f   Hauber, Ernst ^f   Hoffman, Harald ^f   Hoffman, Beda Anton ^f   Langevin, Yves ^f   Li, Ron ^f   Markiewicz, Wojeiech ^f   Masson, Philippe ^f   Mottola, Stefano ^f   Muller, Jan Peter ^f   Pullan, Derek ^f   Reuffer, Peter ^f   Spohn, Tilman ^f   Thomas, Nick ^f   Trautner, Roland ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Institute for Space Exploration   (Switzerland)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^f NONE

Author keywords

DEM; ExoMars Rover; Imaging: Multi spectral; Imaging: Stereoscopic; Mars; Pasteur payload

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FIELD OF VIEW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MARS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PLANETARY LANDFORM; STEREO IMAGE;

EID: 33845531495     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550406003387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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