Observations of wind direction by automated analysis of images from Mars and the MSL rover

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 776-783

  Francis, Raymond ^a   Moores, John ^a   McIsaac, Kenneth ^a   Choi, David ^b   Osinski, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Computer vision; Mars Science Laboratory; Normalized cross correlation; Planetary atmospheres; Winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; NORMALIZED CROSS-CORRELATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TRACKING PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; WIND;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84887111495     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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