Data Set Information
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| DATA_SET_NAME |
ARECIBO MOON RADIO TELESC RESAMPLED 70 CM RADAR MOSAIC V1.0
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| DATA_SET_ID |
ARCB-L-RTLS-4-70CM-V1.0
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| NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID |
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| DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION |
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| DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION |
Data Set Overview : High resolution radar map compiled from measurements made between 1981 and 1984 with the 70 cm wavelength radar at Arecibo Observatory. The data have resolutions ranging from 2 to 5 kilometers. The pixel spacing is 0.1 degrees in latitude and longitude. The point at line 1000 and sample 1000 corresponds to 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude. The pixel values are scaled to represent 20 * log10 (backscattered power). Observed power has been corrected for antenna beam, scattering area and scattering law. Observed power of 1000, which is the lunar average, thus has a value of 60 in the data set. Radar was transmitted in left-hand circular polarization, and both right-hand circular polarization (i.e. polarized) and left-hand circular polarization (i.e. depolarized) echoes were received. Processing Level Id : 4 Software Flag : N Processing Start Time : 1981 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 : PIXEL 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 ------ Radar pulses were transmitted using the high power 430 MHz transmitter at Arecibo Observatory. See THOMPSON1987 for details. Calibration Standard -------------------- NOT APPLICABLE Wavelength Calibration ---------------------- Transmitter frequency is calibrated with a hydrogen maser. Processing : N/A
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| DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE |
1990-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
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| START_TIME |
1981-05-07T12:00:00.000Z
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| STOP_TIME |
1984-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
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| MISSION_NAME |
PRE-MAGELLAN
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| MISSION_START_DATE |
1968-11-09T12:00:00.000Z
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| MISSION_STOP_DATE |
1988-07-27T12:00:00.000Z
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| TARGET_NAME |
MOON
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| TARGET_TYPE |
SATELLITE
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| INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID |
ARCB
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| INSTRUMENT_NAME |
RADIO TELESCOPE
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| INSTRUMENT_ID |
RTLS
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| INSTRUMENT_TYPE |
RADAR
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| NODE_NAME |
Geosciences
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| ARCHIVE_STATUS |
ARCHIVED
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| CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE |
Overview : The mosaic consists of 20 or more sets of data; some mosaic seams exist.
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| CITATION_DESCRIPTION |
Thompson, T.W., ARECIBO MOON RADIO TELESC RESAMPLED 70 CM RADAR MOSAIC V1.0, ARCB-L-RTLS-4-70CM-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1990
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| ABSTRACT_TEXT |
High resolution radar map compiled from measurements made between 1981 and 1984 with the 70 cm wavelength radar at Arecibo Observatory. The data have resolutions ranging from 2 to 5 kilometers. The pixel spacing is 0.1 degrees in latitude and longitude. The point at line 1000 and sample 1000 corresponds to 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude. The pixel values are scaled to represent 20 * log10 (backscattered power). Observed power has been corrected for antenna beam, scattering area and scattering law. Observed power of 1000, which is the lunar average, thus has a value of 60 in the data set. Radar was transmitted in left-hand circular polarization, and both right-hand circular polarization (i.e. polarized) and left-hand circular polarization (i.e. depolarized) echoes were received.
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| PRODUCER_FULL_NAME |
THOMAS W. THOMPSON
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| SEARCH/ACCESS DATA |
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