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Composition of the Martian aerosols through near-IR spectroscopyNear-infrared spectroscopy is a powerful technique to study the composition of planetary surfaces, as the main minerals exhibit absorption bands in this spectral range. It gave important information on the mineralogy and petrology of Mars in the past twenty years although in this case it is well known that a large fraction of light is scattered by the airborne particles before reaching the surface. The measured signal is thus the sum of two different contributions that should be studied separately: One from the surface and one from the aerosols that depends on their density, size distribution and composition. Data from the ISM imaging spectrometer are used here to derive the aerosols spectrum. They consist in sets of spectra (from 0.76 to 3.16 microns) of approximately 3000 pixels approximately 25x25 sq km in size. The resulting spectrum exhibits both water-ice and clay mineral features superimposed on a scattering continuum.
Document ID
19940007763
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Erard, Stephane
(Viale Univ. Rome, Italy)
Cerroni, Priscilla
(Viale Univ. Rome, Italy)
Coradini, Angioletta
(Viale Univ. Rome, Italy)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
94N12235
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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