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Collection:
NASA Mars Collecton
title:
Mars Albedo
Description:
These two views of Mars are derived from the MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) measurements of global broadband (0.3 - ~3.0 microns) visible and near-infrared reflectance, also known as albedo. The range of colors are in dimensionless units. The values are the ratio of the amount of electromagnetic energy reflected by the surface to the amount of energy incident upon it from the sun (larger values are brighter surfaces).

The TES instrument was built by Santa Barbara Remote Sensing and is operated by Philip R. Christensen, of Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
section:
Global Views of Mars
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Spectrometer
facet_what:
TES
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
UID:
SPD-MARS-gallery/glo bal/PIA02816.html
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Mars Albedo