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Title:
The effect of sub-pixel slope variations on photoclinometry
Authors:
Greenberg, Richard; Morris, Marita; Foley, Mark A.
Affiliation:
AA(Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 East University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States), AB(Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States), AC(Dickinson College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Carlisle, PA 17013, United States; Present address: 423 Silver Run Valley Rd., Westminster, MD 21158, United States.)
Publication:
Icarus, Volume 214, Issue 1, p. 348-350. (Icarus Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2011
Origin:
ELSEVIER
Abstract Copyright:
Elsevier Inc.
DOI:
10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.001
Bibliographic Code:
2011Icar..214..348G

Abstract

Sub-pixel slope variations can have significant effects on the intensity of light scattered from a planetary surface. As a result, determination of the surface slope from the apparent brightness of a given pixel can be confounded by uncertainly in such variations. Under a wide range of conditions, the average slope across the pixel may be different from what is inferred by photoclinometry. Because topography is derived from photoclinometry by integrating the slope across an image composed of many pixels, topographic elevation could in principle be distorted considerably by this effect. As actually applied, photoclinometry generally includes strategies designed to mitigate these effects substantially. Nevertheless, the potential always exists for unknown variations in the character of sub-pixel topography (among other uncertainties such as albedo variations) to introduce errors. The results shown here show the importance of the mitigating strategies and of considering the magnitude of uncertainties in determination of topography.
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