Lidar and the mobile Scene Modeler (mSM) as scientific tools for planetary exploration

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 691-700

  Osinski, Gordon R ^a   Barfoot, Timothy D ^b   Ghafoor, Nadeem ^c   Izawa, Matt ^a   Banerjee, Neil ^a   Jasiobedzki, Piotr ^c   Tripp, Jeff ^d   Richards, Robert ^d   Auclair, Simon ^a   Sapers, Haley ^a   Thomson, Laura ^a   Flemming, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MDA Consulting Limited Canada   (Canada)

^d Optech Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impact cratering; Lidar; Mars; Moon; Periglacial

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SATELLITES; CANADIAN ARCTIC; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FIELD TEST; HIGH PROBABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; IMPACT CRATERING; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IN-SITU; MARS EXPLORATION ROVER; PERIGLACIAL; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; PLANETARY-EXPLORATION MISSIONS; SCIENCE TOOLS; SCIENTIFIC TOOL; STEREO CAMERA SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; SURFACE MOBILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LANDFORMS; LUNAR MISSIONS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 76349106682     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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