Variations in Martian surface composition and cloud occurrence determined from thermal infrared spectroscopy: Analysis of Viking and Mariner 9 data

Physics & Astronomy

• infrared spectroscopy 82%
• infrared interferometers 78%
• occurrences 74%
• feldspars 43%
• haze 39%
• spectrometers 38%
• plagioclase 32%
• minerals 30%
• pyroxenes 29%
• clays 22%
• spectral resolution 21%
• ice clouds 17%
• dust storms 17%
• diurnal variations 15%
• annual variations 14%
• equatorial regions 14%
• daytime 13%
• equators 12%
• summer 12%
• albedo 12%
• radiance 11%
• carbonates 11%
• emissivity 10%
• suggestion 10%
• condensates 9%
• dust 8%
• broadband 7%
• high resolution 6%
• water 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• infrared spectroscopy 98%
• interferometer 59%
• spectrometer 43%
• haze 33%
• feldspar 27%
• material 24%
• analysis 24%
• spectral resolution 21%
• pyroxene 20%
• plagioclase 18%
• dust storm 12%
• multispectral image 11%
• emissivity 11%
• mineral 11%
• condensate 10%
• diurnal variation 9%
• radiance 9%
• albedo 9%
• clay mineral 9%
• seasonal variation 8%
• spatial variation 8%
• dust 7%
• ice 6%
• carbonate 6%
• clay 6%
• summer 5%
• water 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Surface Composition 100%
• Haze 43%
• Feldspar 41%
• Surface 29%
• Dust 22%
• Mineral 16%
• Emissivity 14%
• Clay Mineral 12%
• Carbonate 8%
• Time 3%