Analysing high resolution digital Mars images using machine learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19958v2
• Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:14:49 GMT
• Title: Analysing high resolution digital Mars images using machine learning
• Authors: Mira Gerg\'acz, \'Akos Kereszturi
• Abstract summary: CNN is applied to find images with potential water ice patches in the latitude band between -40deg and -60deg. A test run conducted on 38 new HiRISE images indicates that the program can generally recognise small bright patches. The model produced a 94% accuracy in recognising ice, 58% of these images showed small enough ice patches on them.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The search for ephemeral liquid water on Mars is an ongoing activity. After the recession of the seasonal polar ice cap on Mars, small water ice patches may be left behind in shady places due to the low thermal conductivity of the Martian surface and atmosphere. During late spring and early summer, these patches may be exposed to direct sunlight and warm up rapidly enough for the liquid phase to emerge. To see the spatial and temporal occurrence of such ice patches, optical images should be searched for and checked. Previously a manual image analysis was conducted on 110 images from the southern hemisphere, captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter space mission. Out of these, 37 images were identified with smaller ice patches, which were distinguishable by their brightness, colour and strong connection to local topographic shading. In this study, a convolutional neural network (CNN) is applied to find further images with potential water ice patches in the latitude band between -40{\deg} and -60{\deg}, where the seasonal retreat of the polar ice cap happens. Previously analysed HiRISE images were used to train the model, where each image was split into hundreds of pieces (chunks), expanding the training dataset to 6240 images. A test run conducted on 38 new HiRISE images indicates that the program can generally recognise small bright patches, however further training might be needed for more precise identification. This further training has been conducted now, incorporating the results of the previous test run. To retrain the model, 18646 chunks were analysed and 48 additional epochs were ran. In the end the model produced a 94% accuracy in recognising ice, 58% of these images showed small enough ice patches on them. The rest of the images was covered by too much ice or showed CO2 ice sublimation in some places.

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