Mars orbiter laser altimeter: receiver model and performance analysis.

The location of Airy-0, the Mars primemeridian reference, from stereo photogrammetric processing of THEMIS IR imaging and digital elevation data

The small crater Airy-0 was selected from Mariner 9 images to be the reference for the Mars prime meridian. Initial analyses in the year 2000 tied Viking Orbiter and Mars Orbiter Camera images of Airy-0 to the evolving Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter global digital terrain model to update the location of Airy-0. Based upon this tie and radiometric tracking of landers/rovers from Earth, new express...

Usgs High-resolution Topomapping of Mars with Mars Orbiter Camera Narrow-angle Images

We describe our initial experiences producing controlled digital elevation models (DEMs) of Mars with horizontal resolutions of ≤10 m and vertical precisions of ≤2 m. Such models are of intense interest at all phases of Mars exploration and scientific investigation, from the selection of safe landing sites to the quantitative analysis of the morphologic record of surface processes. Topomapping ...

Technical Note An evaluation of interpolation methods for Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data

The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) instrument on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft has returned a large amount of data on the topography of Mars. It is possible to generate high resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) from these data by employing data interpolation techniques. Four interpolation algorithms were selected for testing on MOLA data: Delaunay-based linear interpolati...

An evaluation of interpolation methods for Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data

Geomorphic and Spectral Mapping of Northern Meridiani Planum

Introduction: Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC), Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), and Mars Express Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l’Eau, les Glaces et l’Activité (OMEGA) data were compiled and coregistered for analysis of a several hundred meter vertical section of plains, etched, and cratered units in the northern portion of Meridiani Planum. Five units...