Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME ARECIBO MOON RADIO TELESCOPE CALIBRATED 70 CM RADAR V1.0
DATA_SET_ID ARCB-L-RTLS-3-70CM-V1.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION Data Set Overview : Backscatter image data of the Moon made with Arecibo 70 cm radar in 1986 and 1987. The observations were made to demonstrate mapping resolution of 0.5 - 1.0 kilometers by using short transmitter pulses and long integration times (up to 8 minutes). Image pixel values are in proportion to raw power in delay-Doppler sampling coordinates. Processing Level Id : 3 Software Flag : N Processing Start Time : 1986 Processing Stop Time : 1990 Parameters : Data Set Parameter 'RADAR SCALED ECHO POWER' -------------------------------------------- Power of the backscattered echo, received at antenna scaled using some procedure, e.g., scaled to fit within an output dynamic range such as an integer value. Data Set Parameter Name : RADAR SCALED ECHO POWER Data Set Parameter Unit : DIMENSIONLESS Sampling Parameter Name : DELAY-DOPPLER Sampling Parameter Unit : N/A Minimum Sampling Parameter : N/A Maximum Sampling Parameter : N/A Sampling Parameter Resolution : N/A Sampling Parameter Interval : N/A Minimum Available Sampling Int : N/A Noise Level : UNK Source Instrument Parameters : Instrument Host ID : ARCB Data Set Parameter Name : RADAR SCALED ECHO POWER Instrument Parameter Name : RADAR ECHO POWER Important Instrument Parameters : 1 Measurement Information : Atmospheric Conditions ---------------------- NOT APPLICABLE Source ------ The observations used the 300 meter reflector at Arecibo for transmission Calibration Standard -------------------- NOT APPLICABLE Wavelength Calibration ---------------------- Transmitter frequency calibrated with a hydrogen maser. Processing : N/A
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 1990-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1986-07-03T12:00:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 1987-05-23T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_NAME PRE-MAGELLAN
MISSION_START_DATE 1968-11-09T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 1988-07-27T12:00:00.000Z
TARGET_NAME MOON
TARGET_TYPE SATELLITE
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID ARCB
INSTRUMENT_NAME RADIO TELESCOPE
INSTRUMENT_ID RTLS
INSTRUMENT_TYPE RADAR
NODE_NAME Geosciences
ARCHIVE_STATUS ARCHIVED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE Overview : No correction has been made for antenna beam, scattering area or scattering law. Thermal signal-to-noise varies across the image. Note that thermal noise samples are in the first set of lines.
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Thompson, T.W., ARECIBO MOON RADIO TELESCOPE CALIBRATED 70 CM RADAR V1.0, ARCB-L-RTLS-3-70CM-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1990
ABSTRACT_TEXT Backscatter image data of the Moon made with Arecibo 70 cm radar in 1986 and 1987. The observations were made to demonstrate mapping resolution of 0.5 - 1.0 kilometers by using short transmitter pulses and long integration times (up to 8 minutes). Image pixel values are in proportion to raw power in delay-Doppler sampling coordinates.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME THOMAS W. THOMPSON
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