Global spectral classification of Martian low-albedo regions with Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (MGS-TES) data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rogers, A Deanne ^a   Bandfield, Joshua L ^b   Christensen, Philip R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; EMISSIVITY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER;

PHYMATA;

EID: 34447541185     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002726     Document Type: Article

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