Temporal variability of the surface and atmosphere of Mars: Viking Orbiter color observations

Details Temporal variability of the surface and atmosphere of Mars: Viking Orbiter color observations Temporal variability of the surface and atmosphere of Mars: Viking Orbiter color observations

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992msat.work..103m&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on the Martian Surface and Atmosphere Through Time p 103-104 (SEE N92-28988 19-91)

Computer Science

Color Photography, Mars Atmosphere, Mars Surface, Mosaics, Photometry, Viking Orbiter Spacecraft, Data Bases, Digital Data, Planetary Mapping, Radiometers

Scientific paper

We are near the final stages in the processing of a large Viking Orbiter global color dataset. Mosaics from 57 spacecraft revolutions (or 'revs' hereafter) were produced, most in both red and violet or red, green, and violet filters. Phase angles range from 13 deg to 85 deg. A total of approximately 2000 frames were processed through radiometric calibration, cosmetic cleanup, geometric control, reprojection, and mosaicking into single-rev mosaics at a scale of 1 km/pixel. All of the mosaics are geometrically tied to the 1/256 deg/pixel Mars Digital Image Mosaic (MDIM). Photometric normalization is in progress, to be followed by production of a 'best coverage' global mosaic at a scale of 1/64 deg/pixel (0.923 km/pixel). Global coverage is near 100 percent in red-filter mosaics and 98 percent and 60 percent in corresponding violet- and green-filter mosaics, respectively. Soon after completion, all final datasets (including single-rev mosaics) will be distributed to the planetary community on compact disks.

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