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THEMIS mosaic (Christensen et al. 2006). b) Standard DEM. c) Natural Neighbor with 1.5X bias with bad tracks omitted. d) Natural Neighbor with 1.5X bias with suspicious points restored.
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The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter dataset: Limitations and improvements

1,2Sanjoy M. Som, 1Harvey M. Greenberg and 1,2David R. Montgomery

1Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Quarternary Research Center
2Astrobiology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Mars 4, 14-26, 2008 | doi:10.1555/mars.2008.0002
Received April 20, 2007 | Accepted April 4, 2008 | Published June 11, 2008

This paper highlights the limitations of the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) dataset, and presents an improved alternative: UWMOLA, based on a different interpolation algorithm.

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