ANALYSIS OF REMS GTS ERRORS DUE TO MSL ROVER AND MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT

Eduardo Sebastián, Carlos Armiens, Javier Gomez-Elvira

2008

Abstract

This paper analyses the external sources of error of the REMS GTS, a contactless instrument to measure ground temperature that is part of the payload of the NASA MSL mission to Mars. Some environment properties such us atmosphere opacity, solar radiance, ground emissivity and rover IR emissions are studied, determining GTS characteristics. The article also proposes a simplified geometrical and thermal model of the rover and environment in order to evaluate and quantify their influence in ground temperature measurements. Finally, the article summarizes simulation results and provides solutions in order to improve sensor accuracy.

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in Harvard Style

Sebastián E., Armiens C. and Gomez-Elvira J. (2008). ANALYSIS OF REMS GTS ERRORS DUE TO MSL ROVER AND MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT . In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8111-32-6, pages 205-210. DOI: 10.5220/0001505702050210


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco08,
author={Eduardo Sebastián and Carlos Armiens and Javier Gomez-Elvira},
title={ANALYSIS OF REMS GTS ERRORS DUE TO MSL ROVER AND MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,},
year={2008},
pages={205-210},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001505702050210},
isbn={978-989-8111-32-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,
TI - ANALYSIS OF REMS GTS ERRORS DUE TO MSL ROVER AND MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT
SN - 978-989-8111-32-6
AU - Sebastián E.
AU - Armiens C.
AU - Gomez-Elvira J.
PY - 2008
SP - 205
EP - 210
DO - 10.5220/0001505702050210