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Auteurs principaux: Frazer, Michael A., Jones, Eriita G., Miljkovic, Katarina, Benedix, Gretchen K.
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Publié: 2026
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author Frazer, Michael A.
Jones, Eriita G.
Miljkovic, Katarina
Benedix, Gretchen K.
author_facet Frazer, Michael A.
Jones, Eriita G.
Miljkovic, Katarina
Benedix, Gretchen K.
contents Thermal infrared data (TIR; 8 - 15 $μm$) has a wide range of applications in Earth and planetary remote sensing. On Mars, this includes deriving thermal inertia (TI), which describes surface physical characteristics (e.g. particle size, degree of cementation) and is key for understanding geologic processes, assessing in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) environments, and assisting mission planning. However, TI data from the THEMIS instrument is limited to 100 m/pixel resolution. Hyperspectral visible and near-infrared data (VIR; 0.5 - 5 $μm$) compliments TIR data by providing information on surface composition and is provided by the CRISM instrument at 12 m/pixel. In this work, we generate a machine learning regressor-based model to constrain relationships between THEMIS TI and CRISM VIR images at THEMIS resolution, and predict TI values from CRISM spectra with high accuracy (R2 $\sim$ 0.90, RMSE $\sim$ 23.6 TIU). We use the model to produce a downscaled TI map at a spatial resolution of 12 m/pixel, an order of magnitude finer than currently available, revealing decametre-scale features previously unresolved in THEMIS data.
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spellingShingle Producing High-Resolution Martian Surface Temperature Maps Using VIR-TIR Relationships
Frazer, Michael A.
Jones, Eriita G.
Miljkovic, Katarina
Benedix, Gretchen K.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Thermal infrared data (TIR; 8 - 15 $μm$) has a wide range of applications in Earth and planetary remote sensing. On Mars, this includes deriving thermal inertia (TI), which describes surface physical characteristics (e.g. particle size, degree of cementation) and is key for understanding geologic processes, assessing in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) environments, and assisting mission planning. However, TI data from the THEMIS instrument is limited to 100 m/pixel resolution. Hyperspectral visible and near-infrared data (VIR; 0.5 - 5 $μm$) compliments TIR data by providing information on surface composition and is provided by the CRISM instrument at 12 m/pixel. In this work, we generate a machine learning regressor-based model to constrain relationships between THEMIS TI and CRISM VIR images at THEMIS resolution, and predict TI values from CRISM spectra with high accuracy (R2 $\sim$ 0.90, RMSE $\sim$ 23.6 TIU). We use the model to produce a downscaled TI map at a spatial resolution of 12 m/pixel, an order of magnitude finer than currently available, revealing decametre-scale features previously unresolved in THEMIS data.
title Producing High-Resolution Martian Surface Temperature Maps Using VIR-TIR Relationships
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17859