Mosaicking of global planetary image datasets: 1. Techniques and data processing for Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) multi-spectral data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Edwards, C S ^a   Nowicki, K J ^b   Christensen, P R ^a   Hill, J ^a   Gorelick, N ^c   Murray, K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; MARS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 80155136347     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003755     Document Type: Article

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