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Observed Spectral Classes (TES)

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows surface, atmospheric dust, and atmospheric water-ice clouds have been observed as approximate spectral end-members as well as in combinations.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/ASU
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Surface, atmospheric dust, and atmospheric water-ice clouds have been observed as approximate spectral end-members as well as in combinations. Note the deep 15-micron line for atmospheric CO2 and the near 7 micron water vapor lines.