Mapping sub-pixel surface roughness on Mars using high-resolution satellite image data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Mushkin, Amit ^a   Gillespie, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAPPING; MOON; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; CALIBRATION; ORBITS; SATELLITES;

CLAST-COVERAGE MAP; LAMBERTIAN REFLECTION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CRATER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; MARS; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

LAMBERTIA;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; EMPIRICAL CALIBRATION; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES; LAMBERTIAN REFLECTION; MARTIAN SURFACE; REGISTERED PIXELS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 34548336038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027095     Document Type: Article

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