Title:
A global colour mosaic of Mars from high altitude observations
Author(s):
Michael, Greg G.; Tirsch, Daniela; Matz, Klaus-Dieter; Zuschneid, Wilhelm; Hauber, Ernst; Gwinner, Klaus; Walter, Sebastian H.G.; Jaumann, Ralf; Roatsch, Thomas; Postberg, Frank
Other Contributor(s):
Walter, Sebastian H.G.; Postberg, Frank
Year of publication:
2023
Available Date:
2023-09-22T11:35:22Z
Abstract:
A high-altitude observation campaign with the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera
was used to construct five global mosaics of Mars from images captured through each of its
five different spectral filters: panchromatic, red, green, blue and infra-red.
The substantial overlaps of high-altitude images enable the calculation of a global colour
model yielding mosaics which both retain long range colour information and maintain high
relative colour accuracy. The mosaics are currently processed at 2 km/pixel.
Keywords:
High Resolution Stereo Camera
HRSC
Mars
Mars Express
Global mosaic
Color data
DDC-Classification:
523 Specific celestial bodies and phenomena
Publication Type:
dataset
Department/institution:
Geowissenschaften
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften / Fachrichtung Planetologie und Fernerkundung
Relations to other publications:
Comments:
The high altitude images used were level 3 HRSC data products up to image hn091_0000.
Those which are already released can be found here:
https://archives.esac.esa.int/psa/ftp/MARS-EXPRESS/HRSC/MEX-M-HRSC-3-RDR-V3.0/
_________________________________________________________________________
It is appreciated if use of the dataset is acknowledged by citing:
G. G. Michael, D. Tirsch, K.-D. Matz, W. Zuschneid, E. Hauber, K. Gwinner, S. H. G. Walter, R. Jaumann, T. Roatsch, F. Postberg. A global colour mosaic of Mars from high altitude observations (in review)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.14238
_________________________________________________________________________
This work was supported by the German Space Agency (DLR Bonn) grant 50OO2204 (Koregistrierung) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action."
_________________________________________________________________________
Credit for HRSC data: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
