Evaluating Terrain-Dependent Performance for Martian Frost Detection in Visible Satellite Observations

arXiv:2403.12080v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Seasonal frosting and defrosting on the surface of Mars is hypothesized to drive both climate processes and the formation and evolution of geomorphological features such as gullies. Past studies have focused on manually analyzing the behavior of the frost cycle in the northern mid-latitude region of Mars using high-resolution visible observations from orbit. Extending these studies globally requires automating the detection of frost using data science techniques such as convolutional neural networks. However, visible indications …

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