Knowledge Inventory of Foundational Data Products in Planetary Science

Laura, J.; Beyer, R. A.

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“… Note. This mosaic has been utilized in the community beyond our plate reconstruction project, and is sometimes referred to in conference abstracts as the “Supermosaic” (Laura & Beyer, 2021 ). …”

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Episodic Plate Tectonics on Europa: Evidence for Widespread Patches of Mobile‐Lid Behavior in the Antijovian Hemisphere

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The theory of plate tectonics describes how a planet's lithosphere is divided into a global network of multiple rigid blocks (plates) that move relative to each other, accommodating deformation primarily in narrow zones around the edges of the plates. Earth is the only planetary body known to operate under a plate tectonic system. Other terrestrial planets lack fully developed, present day plate tectonics, though Venus may demonstrate localized subduction-like behavior (Davaille et al., 2017) and Mars may have experienced plate tectonic-like behavior in its early history (e.g., Nimmo & Stevenson, 2000). Analyses of plate-like motions on Jupiter's moon Europa have provided insight into the formation and evolution of specific feature types and provided a means of testing processes and assumptions based on terrestrial plate tectonics (Schenk & McKinnon, 1989). The sequential reconstruction of Europa's surface in northern Falga Regio by Kattenhorn and Prockter (2014) raised the possibility of a full plate tectonic system operating on Europa. If true, Europa would be the only known world besides Earth to have plate tectonics. This result is of interest for studies of comparative planetology, and raises questions

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Episodic Plate Tectonics on Europa: Evidence for Widespread Patches of Mobile‐Lid Behavior in the Antijovian Hemisphere

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“…As described in Laura and Beyer [9], there are three classes of geospatial foundational planetary data products which include geodetic coordinate reference frames, topography, and orthoimages. The creation of these data requires software and an instrument's sensor model.…”

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Current Status of the Community Sensor Model Standard for the Generation of Planetary Digital Terrain Models

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Bland

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The creation of accurate elevation models (topography) from stereo images are critical for a large variety of geospatial activities, including the production of digital orthomosaics, change detection, landing site analysis, geologic mapping, rover traverse planning, and spectral analysis. The United Stated Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, continues to transition the supported planetary sensor models to the Community Sensor Model (CSM) standard. This paper describes the current state of use for this photogrammetric standard, supported sensor model types, and qualitatively compares derived topography between SOCET SET and SOCET GXP (®BAE Systems) using HiRISE stereo images of Mars. Our transition to the CSM standard will ensure an uninterrupted capability to make these valuable products for Mars and many other extraterrestrial planets and moons.

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“…Laura et al (2018) list (their Table 2) foundational data products for Europa, such as the existing USGS Galileo-Voyager image mosaic, and provide information about each product, such as the varying levels of spatial resolution, spatial accuracy, and completeness. Subsequently, Laura and Beyer (2021) suggested a much more restrictive definition of what constitutes "foundational" data, arguing that image mosaics are not inherently foundational data products. In the Laura and Beyer (2021) conception, an image mosaic is only considered foundational if the images are relatively controlled (photogrammetrically image to image), rigorously tied to an existing geodetic coordinate reference frame at multiple points (i.e., absolutely controlled to a reference frame proxy such as Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data, or MOLA, for Mars), and rectified to an elevation model that removes topography-induced distortion.…”

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“…usra.edu/handle/20.500.11753/1412. An unpublished controlled and orthorectified (to a sphere) near-global map was also created by Geoff Collins (see Laura et al [2018] and Laura and Beyer [2021] for additional details). These latter products, since not clearly referenced (tied to) the earlier USGS/RAND products and their frames, constitute additional (unpublished) independent reference frames for Europa and (published) mosaics.…”

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“…Subsequently, Laura and Beyer ( 2021 ) suggested a much more restrictive definition of what constitutes “foundational” data, arguing that image mosaics are not inherently foundational data products. In the Laura and Beyer ( 2021 ) conception, an image mosaic is only considered foundational if the images are relatively controlled (photogrammetrically image to image), rigorously tied to an existing geodetic coordinate reference frame at multiple points (i.e., absolutely controlled to a reference frame proxy such as Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data, or MOLA, for Mars), and rectified to an elevation model that removes topography‐induced distortion. The Mars Digital Image Model 2.1 (MDIM2.1) (Archinal et al., 2003 ), which meets these criteria, is an archetypal foundational image mosaic.…”

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Improving the Usability of Galileo and Voyager Images of Jupiter's Moon Europa

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Earth and Space Science

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For a planetary imaging data set to be of maximum use to the science community, the absolute and relative location of the images on the surface of a planet must be known with high accuracy and precision. For some planetary missions in which images are acquired from orbit, image locations derived from reconstructed Spacecraft, Planet, Instrument, C-matrix (pointing), and Events (SPICE) kernels (Acton et al., 2017) are sufficient for many scientific applications (e.g., morphologic analysis). However, the spatial accuracy of such reconstructed data is insufficient for investigating change detection, planning surface mission operation (e.g., rover traverse), or deriving higher-order data products (e.g., digital terrain models, DTMs). For missions in which data are acquired by multiple fast flybys of distant objects (e.g., many missions to the outer Solar System), uncertainties in the spacecraft and body locations and orientations are large enough to result Abstract NASA's Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Galileo spacecraft acquired hundreds of images of Jupiter's moon Europa. These images provide the only moderate-to high-resolution views of the moon's surface and are therefore a critical resource for scientific analysis and future mission planning. Unfortunately, uncertain knowledge of the spacecraft's position and pointing during image acquisition resulted in significant errors in the location of the images on the surface. The result is that adjacent images are poorly aligned, with some images displaced by more than 100 km from their correct location. These errors severely degrade the usability of the Voyager and Galileo imaging data sets. To improve the usability of these data sets, we used the U.S. Geological Survey Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers to build a nearly global image tie-point network with more than 50,000 tie points and 135,000 image measurements on 481 Galileo and 221 Voyager images. A global least-squares bundle adjustment of our final Europa tie-point network calculated latitude, longitude, and radius values for each point by minimizing residuals globally, and resulted in root mean square (RMS) uncertainties of 246.6 m, 307.0 m, and 70.5 m in latitude, longitude, and radius, respectively. The total RMS uncertainty was 0.32 pixels. This work enables direct use of nearly the entire Galileo and Voyager image data sets for Europa. We are providing the community with updated NASA Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility Spacecraft, Planet, Instrument, C-matrix (pointing), and Events kernels, mosaics of Galileo images acquired during each observation sequence, and individual processed and projected level 2 images.

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Knowledge Inventory of Foundational Data Products in Planetary Science

Cited by 14 publications

References 107 publications

Episodic Plate Tectonics on Europa: Evidence for Widespread Patches of Mobile‐Lid Behavior in the Antijovian Hemisphere

Episodic Plate Tectonics on Europa: Evidence for Widespread Patches of Mobile‐Lid Behavior in the Antijovian Hemisphere

Current Status of the Community Sensor Model Standard for the Generation of Planetary Digital Terrain Models

Improving the Usability of Galileo and Voyager Images of Jupiter's Moon Europa

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