The ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager at Gale crater: Review of the first year of operations on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 249, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-107

  Le Mouelic S ^a   Gasnault, O ^b   Herkenhoff, K E ^c   Bridges, N T ^d   Langevin, Y ^e   Mangold, N ^a   Maurice, S ^b   Wiens, R C ^f   Pinet, P ^b   Newsom, H E ^g   Deen, R G ^h   Bell, J F ⁱ   Johnson, J R ^d   Rapin, W ^b   Barraclough, B ^f   Blaney, D L ^h   Deflores, L ^h   Maki, J ^h   Malin, M C ^j   Perez R ^k   Saccoccio, M ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^k CNES   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Data reduction techniques; Image processing; Mars; Mars, surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028164695     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.030     Document Type: Article

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