Automatic Detection of H2O and CO2 Ices in OMEGA/MEX Images for the Monitoring of the South Polar Cap Recession

Frederic Schmidt (1) , Sylvain Douté (1) , Bernard Schmitt (1) , J.-P. Bibring (2) , Y. Langevin (2)

1 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble
2 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale

The martian seasonal polar ice deposit is a major annual climatic signal observed by OMEGA/MEX. We will use an algorithm, wavanglet, for the automatic detection of the spectral signatures of H2O and CO2 ices during martian spring and summer of 2005.

Frederic Schmidt, Sylvain Douté, Bernard Schmitt, J.-P. Bibring, Y. Langevin. Automatic Detection of H2O and CO2 Ices in OMEGA/MEX Images for the Monitoring of the South Polar Cap Recession. 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2006, Houston, United States. pp. 2. ⟨insu-00357161⟩