Statistical biases and errors inherent in photoclinometric surface slope estimation with natural light

Photoclinometry is the most common method used to obtain high-resolution topographic maps of planetary terrain. We derive the likelihood function of photoclinometric surface slope from (1) the probability distribution of the measured photon count of natural sunlight through a Charge-Coupled Device (...

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Main Authors: Bertsatos, Ioannis (Contributor), Makris, Nicholas (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2016-11-22T18:59:24Z.
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