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THEMIS (THERMAL EMISSION IMAGING SYSTEM) ON MARS ODYSSEY IS A MULTISPECTRAL INSTRUMENT CONSISTING OF A10-BAND INFRARED IMAGER WITH ~100 M/PIXEL SPATIAL RESOLUTION ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF THE SURFACE MATERIALS OVER NEARLY ALL OF MARS. HOWEVER THEMIS HAS BEEN LESS WIDELY USED FOR SURFACE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS DUE TO THE LACK OF A FULLY AUTOMATED ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION TOOL OR SURFACE EMISSIVITY PRODUCT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO DEVELOP A TOOLSET TO PERFORM ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION FOR THEMIS DAYTIME RADIANCE IMAGES AND PRODUCE A SUITE OF ATMOSPHERICALLY CORRECTED DATA PRODUCTS FOR APPROXIMATELY ~100 HIGH PRIORITY SITES (E.G. PAST LANDING SITES THAT WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION SITES FROM THE HUMANS-TO-MARS WORKSHOPS ETC.). THE PROPOSED WORK WILL BOOST THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THEMIS SURFACE EMISSIVITY TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THE PROPOSED WORK IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE PDART PROGRAM (ROSES APPENDIX C.4) THAT IT WILL 1) GENERATE NEW HIGH-ORDER DATA PRODUCTS AND 2) NOT FOCUS ON HYPOTHESIS-BASED PLANETARY SCIENCE. THE PROPOSED DATA SET IS ANTICIPATED TO ENHANCE THE SCIENCE RETURN FROM THE THEMIS INSTRUMENT THROUGH INCREASING THE ACCESSIBILITY AND UTILITY OF THEMIS-DERIVED SURFACE INFORMATION TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. THE SURFACE EMISSIVITY DATA SET DERIVED FROM THEMIS INSTRUMENT WILL PROVIDE CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACE MINERALOGY AND COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO OTHER SPECTRAL MORPHOLOGICAL THERMOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGIC DATA SETS. THUS THE PROPOSED DATA SET WILL ADVANCE THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROVIDE MORE ROBUST INTERPRETATIONS OF MARTIAN SURFACE MINERALOGY.

$299,202FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ

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