Newer views of the Moon: Comparing spectra from Clementine and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kramer, Georgiana Y ^a   Besse, Sebastien ^b   Nettles, Jeffrey ^c   Combe, Jean Philippe ^a   Clark, Roger N ^d   Pieters, Carlé M ^c   Staid, Matthew ^e   Malaret, Erik ^f,i   Boardman, Joseph ^g   Green, Robert O ^h   Head, James W ^c   McCord, Thomas B ^a  

^a Box 667   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BC Hydrocarbon Instruments   (United States)

^g ANALYTICAL IMAGING AND GEOPHYSICS LLC   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Applied Coherent Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; MAPPING; MOON; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NEAR INFRARED; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 79954491375     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003728     Document Type: Article

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