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"This suggests that some special, as-yet-unclear mix of conditions must be present in Valles Marineris to preserve the water - or that it is somehow being replenished," ESA said. That leads to questions about how the water ice is preserved in an area of Mars where it would be expected to evaporate. The water found in Valles Marineris might be tied up with minerals, but the researchers say it's more likely to be in the form of ice. The Mars version stretches over 1,860 miles (3,000 kilometers) in length and reaches down as far as 5 miles (8 kilometers). Valles Marineris is so massive, NASA has called it "the Grand Canyon of Mars." Except it's much, much bigger than the US landmark. Mitrofanov is lead author of a study on the water findings published in the journal Icarus. Volumetric calculations regarding flow accumulation and flow direction for building reservoirs and dams can be done."With TGO we can look down to one meter below this dusty layer and see what's really going on below Mars' surface - and, crucially, locate water-rich 'oases' that couldn't be detected with previous instruments," Igor Mitrofanov of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said in an ESA statement on Wednesday. Water resources managementĬontours, elevation points, and catchment area details of a water body are attained from DEM. Urban planningĪrchitects and engineers can plan the residents/user’s visibility of a proposed building, taking into consideration the surrounding aspects. The planning has to be considering underground utilities. Topography and slope are studied for planning the site layout. Flood management can also be done after a thorough study of the topography. The rock structure will give insights on threats such as landslides and earthquakes. Risk assessmentĪ seismic survey can be carried out using DEM. Cut-and-fill calculationsĮarthwork calculations, especially for roads or railroads, can be done using DEM and the ArcGIS software. Soil mapping and geological studies can also be done using DEM. SurveyingĭEM is most used to get conventional topographic data of a particular region.
It is cost-effective as compared to photogrammetry, a method to obtain details of physical objects on a surface. It is most often used to generate digital elevation models. A highly accurate 2D or 3D dataset of the surface can be achieved using laser light. LIDAR (Light detection and ranging) is a well-known remote sensing technique. Sentinel is a popularly known satellite to give radar data pairs. Radar Data pairsĪ technique called SAR interferometry is used to attain a pair of perspective images from Radar Data. The radiations given out by the ground surface is detected. Datasets are attained from SPOT and Cartosat satellites for the same. Some devices particularly help to capture such images. Stereo-pairs are a pair of flat perspective images of the same scene attained from slightly different points of view. Stereo-pairs (SPOT, Cartosat datasets, etc.) This method was used extensively before remote sensing came into existence. A digital elevation model is formed by merging these two data. The data of the topographic map is scanned and digitized to form sample elevation points and contours. It is done with the help of Geographic Information System (GIS).
Using survey toposheets (contours, point heights) The most relevant techniques are as follows: 1. DEM Generation TechniquesĭEM can be generated through multiple means and techniques. ArcGIS is a commonly used platform for mapping DEM.