Exploring the solar system: The view of planetary surfaces with VIS/IR remote sensing methods

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8158, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arnold, Gabriele E ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Planetary physics; Planetary remote sensing; Planetary surfaces; Planetology; Spectroscopy; Surface composition

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY PHYSICS; PLANETARY REMOTE SENSING; PLANETARY SURFACES; PLANETOLOGY; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS;

ASTRONOMY; EARTH (PLANET); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; DATA COMPRESSION; DATA HANDLING; SATELLITES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; INFRARED DETECTORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS;

SPACE OPTICS;

EID: 80053408452     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.913643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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