On developing thermal cave detection techniques for earth, the moon and mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 240-250

  Wynne, J Judson ^a,b   Titus, Timothy N ^a   Chong Diaz, Guillermo ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; cave detection; cave thermal behavior; lunar caves; Mars; Martian caves; Moon; thermal infrared

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; ATACAMA DESERT; DETECTION TECHNIQUES; ELSEVIER (CO); IMAGE CAPTURING; INFRARED (IR); INFRARED (IR) WAVELENGTHS; NORTHERN CHILE; OPTI MAL DETECTION; PEAK TIMES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); TEMPERATURE SHIFTS; TIME OF DAY; VIEWING ANGLES;

CAVES; DETECTORS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; WASTEWATER;

LANDFORMS;

CAVE; DETECTION METHOD; EARTH; INFRARED IMAGERY; MARS; MOON; REGOLITH; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 47749126516     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.037     Document Type: Article

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