Characterization of a sulfur-rich Arctic spring site and field analog to Europa using hyperspectral data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1297-1311

  Gleeson, Damhnait F ^a,b   Pappalardo, Robert T ^b   Grasby, Steven E ^c   Anderson, Mark S ^b   Beauchamp, Benoit ^d,e   Castaño, Rebecca ^b   Chien, Steve A ^b   Doggett, Thomas ^f   Mandrake, Lukas ^b   Wagstaff, Kiri L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous classification; Orbital and in situ detections; Planetary analogs; Sulfur ice mixtures

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS CLASSIFICATION; AUTONOMOUS DETECTION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; EARTH OBSERVING-1; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; GLACIAL ICE; GROUND TRUTH; HIGH ARCTIC; HYPERION; HYPERSPECTRAL; HYPERSPECTRAL DATA; ICE MATERIALS; ICE MIXTURES; IN-SITU; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINOR CONSTITUENTS; NEAR INFRARED; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SEASONAL DATUM; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SPRING SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GYPSUM; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; REFLECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SNOW; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SULFUR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ICE;

ALGORITHM; CALCITE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GYPSUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MELTING; MINERALOGY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPRING WATER; SULFUR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

HYPERION;

EID: 77949484928     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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