Mars Project(s): tasks

Using Mars Express HRSC & other datasets

What is needed

• needed tools

• miniVICAR

• gimp

• ISIS

• needed data

• HRSC et al.

General approach•Choose your HRSC scene(s) over an

area of your choice on Mars (with PSA)

•Find recent literature on the area (e.g. on ADS)

•Analyze the geology and geomorphology of the area with color and stereo information

•Get higher resolution data for detailed observations

Lots of interesting places..

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1,2,3 indicate possible area for projects (see next slides)

Possible projects:1) Valles Marineris

•Objective: observe and analyze the canyon structure, walls and interior

•Tasks:

•characterize the morphology and color of surface materials

•determine the local depth and thickness of deposits (using MOLA), use high-res images (MOC)

•HRSC orbit: e.g. 0360

H0360_0000_ND3

Possible projects:2) The North Pole

•Objective: analyze the structure and morphology of North Pole layered deposits

•Tasks:

•characterize the morphology and color of surface materials

•Make high-resolution observations using e.g. MOC

•HRSC orbit: e.g. 1177 H1177_0000_ND3

Possible projects:3) Olympus Mons

•Objective: study Mons Olympus volcano and aureole

•Tasks:

•characterize the morphology and color of volcano flanks, caldera, aureole

•Make high-resolution observations using e.g. MOC, measure height with MOLA

•HRSC orbit: e.g. 1437H1437_0001_ND3

What to do• basic description of procedure(s)

a)search for data and get them from PSA (check BROWSE .jpg on PSA ftp site)

b)open level2 data with “xvd”

c)get all needed spice kernels

d)process level2 data with “hrortho”

e)produce level 3 data using a MARS IAU2000 ellipsoid

f) produce anaglyphs and RGB

g)visualize processed RGB, anaglyph, with “xvd”, “Gimp”

• if possible, perform pan-sharpening

We’ll see how to

do these th

ings

during

the tutoria

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