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Quantitative Analysis of Venus Radar Backscatter Data in ArcGIS

Author
Long, S. M.
Published
[2005].
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Grosfils, E. B.
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Summary
Ongoing mapping of the Ganiki Planitia (V14) quadrangle of Venus and definition of material units has involved an integrated but qualitative analysis of Magellan radar backscatter images and topography using standard geomorphological mapping techniques. However, such analyses do not take full advantage of the quantitative information contained within the images. Analysis of the backscatter coefficient allows a much more rigorous statistical comparison between mapped units, permitting first order selfsimilarity tests of geographically separated materials assigned identical geomorphological labels. Such analyses cannot be performed directly on pixel (DN) values from Magellan backscatter images, because the pixels are scaled to the Muhleman law for radar echoes on Venus and are not corrected for latitudinal variations in incidence angle. Therefore, DN values must be converted based on pixel latitude back to their backscatter coefficient values before accurate statistical analysis can occur. Here we present a method for performing the conversions and analysis of Magellan backscatter data using commonly available ArcGIS software and illustrate the advantages of the process for geological mapping.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20050171003.
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Part 12; LPI-Contrib-1234-Pt-12.
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