Decomposition of mineral absorption bands using nonlinear least squares curve fitting: Application to Martian meteorites and CRISM data

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 423-442

  Parente, Mario ^a,b   Makarewicz, Heather D ^b,c   Bishop, Janice L ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Gaussian modeling; Mars; Meteorites; Remote sensing; VNIR reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; COMPACT RECONNAISSANCE; CONTINUUM REMOVAL; CURVE FITTING TECHNIQUE; GAUSSIAN MODELING; GAUSSIANS; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; INITIAL GUESS; INITIALIZATION METHODS; INITIALIZATION TECHNIQUE; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITES; MINERAL ABSORPTION; NEW MODEL; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; NONLINEAR LEAST-SQUARES TECHNIQUES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; VNIR REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; CALCIUM; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; METEORITES; OLIVINE; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 79951809858     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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