Color imaging of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)

W. Alan Delamere; Livio L. Tornabene; Alfred S. McEwen; Kris Becker; James W. Bergstrom; Nathan T. Bridges; Eric M. Eliason; Dennis Gallagher; Kenneth E. Herkenhoff; Laszlo Keszthelyi; Sarah Mattson; Guy K. McArthur; Michael T. Mellon; Moses Milazzo; Patrick S. Russell; Nicolas Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.012

Color imaging of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)

W. Alan Delamere, Livio L. Tornabene, Alfred S. McEwen, Kris Becker, James W. Bergstrom, Nathan T. Bridges, Eric M. Eliason, Dennis Gallagher, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, Laszlo Keszthelyi, Sarah Mattson, Guy K. McArthur, Michael T. Mellon, Moses Milazzo, Patrick S. Russell, Nicolas Thomas

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HiRISE has been producing a large number of scientifically useful color products of Mars and other planetary objects. The three broad spectral bands, coupled with the highly sensitive 14 bit detectors and time delay integration, enable detection of subtle color differences. The very high spatial resolution of HiRISE can augment the mineralogic interpretations based on multispectral (THEMIS) and hyperspectral datasets (TES, OMEGA and CRISM) and thereby enable detailed geologic and stratigraphic interpretations at meter scales. In addition to providing some examples of color images and their interpretation, we describe the processing techniques used to produce them and note some of the minor artifacts in the output. We also provide an example of how HiRISE color products can be effectively used to expand mineral and lithologic mapping provided by CRISM data products that are backed by other spectral datasets. The utility of high quality color data for understanding geologic processes on Mars has been one of the major successes of HiRISE.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	38-52
Number of pages	15
Journal	Icarus
Volume	205
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.012
State	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

Image processing
Instrumentation
Mars
Mars, Surface

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Delamere, W. A., Tornabene, L. L., McEwen, A. S., Becker, K., Bergstrom, J. W., Bridges, N. T., Eliason, E. M., Gallagher, D., Herkenhoff, K. E., Keszthelyi, L., Mattson, S., McArthur, G. K., Mellon, M. T., Milazzo, M., Russell, P. S., & Thomas, N. (2010). Color imaging of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE). Icarus, 205(1), 38-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.012

Delamere, WA, Tornabene, LL, McEwen, AS, Becker, K, Bergstrom, JW, Bridges, NT, Eliason, EM, Gallagher, D, Herkenhoff, KE, Keszthelyi, L, Mattson, S, McArthur, GK, Mellon, MT, Milazzo, M, Russell, PS & Thomas, N 2010, 'Color imaging of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)', Icarus, vol. 205, no. 1, pp. 38-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.012

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