Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Apr 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984pggp.rept...65d&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Washington Repts. of Planetary Geol. Program p 65-66 (SEE N84-23431 13-91)
Mathematics
Logic
Computer Programs, Geological Surveys, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Radar Geology, Remote Sensing, Satellite Observation, Venus Surface, Algorithms, Altimeters, Data Bases, Data Processing, Data Reduction, Surface Roughness, Topography
Scientific paper
A classification database using the reflectivity (derived from the altimetry data), rms slope, and the first principal component of altimetry and topographic slope is presented. The resultant clustered data is examined qualitatively as well as quantitatively, to establish the statistical integrity of each cluster by use of an interactive, ternary plotting algorithm. This algorithm plots, for a cluster, the position of each of its pixels within a ternary diagram whose apices represent reflectivity, rms slope, and the first principal component. The digital values in these three databases are normalized such that unity is represented by a value of 255 in each database. The frequencies of each plotted point within the ternary diagram are recorded in order to establish the mode of each cluster. The pixels of each cluster are displayed as one separate color; their ternary plot will show not only the interrelations between clusters, but also the presence of any anomalous points within a cluster. Existing lunar and terrestrial analog radar data is used to establish fields within this ternary diagram that are indicative of as many different geologic materials and tectonics settings as possible. The resultant fields are used to determine empirically the geologic significance of the clusters resulting from the cluster analysis.
Davis Paul A.
Masursky Harold
Schaber Gerald G.
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