Visible/NIR photometric signatures of liquid water in Martian regolith simulant

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1272-1282

  Gunderson, Kurt ^a   Lüthi, Benjamin ^a   Russell, Patrick ^a   Thomas, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mars; Reflectance; Regolith simulant; Water

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE METERS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIOMETRY;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HAPKE MODEL PARAMETERS; MARTIAN REGOLITH SIMULANTS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 34447109957     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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