DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION |
Data Set Overview
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Goldstone radar observations of 1620 Geographos from August 28 through
Sept. 2, 1994 yield delay-Doppler images whose linear spatial
resolutions range from ~75 to ~151 meters, and 138 pairs of
dual-polarization (OC/SC) (opposite circular/same circular) spectra
with one-dimensional resolution of 103 m. These data are presented in
Ostro, et al. 1996, Icarus 121, 46 [OSTROETAL1996], and are included
in this data set. A full description of the observations and the
reduction process is provided in the paper.
Data
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Individual images from each successful radar run are in FITS files
'ge[Nxx].fit' where N is the last digit of DOY (day of year) and xx is
the run number within that day. The low-resolution images are
collected in a collage image 'gelrmov.fit', and the high-resolution
images in a collage image 'gehrmov.fit'. Multi-run sums of
co-registered images from 30 degree blocks of rotational phase, for
the low- and high-resolution images respectively, are in files
'gelrsum.fit' and 'gehrsum[N].fit' (N=1,3 for the three
high-resolution summed images). The collages and summed images are
the same as the data presented in Figures 8-11 of the paper.
The scaling of the images is explained in the following excerpt from
the paper: 'Data values for each image in this paper are mapped onto
a 256-level gray scale. Since the noise background is not
interesting, all data values below a clipping level near the noise
mean are mapped to black to make the most of the gray scale's
available dynamic range. Similarly, all data values above some
saturation level are mapped to white, since the contrast at the very
highest echo levels contains less interesting information than
contrast among the more abundant dimmer pixels.' The levels chosen
for clipping and saturation level for each image are recorded in the
label description for that image.
138 individual continuous wave (cw) power spectra are collected in the
file 'gecwall.tab', and spectra from the bandwidth extrema are in
'gecwext.tab'. These spectra are the same as those presented in
Figures 2 and 7 of the paper.
Ancillary Data
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An index of the data with observational circumstances for each run is
given in the file geindex.tab.
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ABSTRACT_TEXT |
Goldstone radar observations of 1620 Geographos from August 28
through Sept. 2, 1994 yield delay-Doppler images whose linear
spatial resolutions range from ~75 to ~151 meters, and 138 pairs
of dual-polarization (OC/SC) (opposite circular/same circular)
spectra with one-dimensional resolution of 103 m. These data are
presented in Ostro, et al. 1996, Icarus 121, 46 [OSTROETAL1996],
and are included in this data set. A full description of the
observations and the reduction process is provided in the paper.
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