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mcaplinger
post Aug 29 2009, 03:39 AM
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QUOTE (2amazing @ Aug 28 2009, 04:54 PM) *
Does someone know how the code is build off ?

I think he was asking about the naming convention. See http://geo.pds.nasa.gov/missions/lro/docs/...lroc_av_sis.pdf

Individual EDR files will follow the naming convention:
[TARGET][MET][INSTRUMENT][PRODUCT].img
Where [TARGET] is a single character denoting the observation target [(M)oon, (E)arth,
( C ) alibration or (S)tar]; [MET] is a nine digit number reflecting the Mission Elapsed Time of
acquisition (with a single digit for partition which denotes a reset of the MET); [INSTRUMENT]
is a single character denoting the instrument, e.g. ( R )ight NAC, (L)eft NAC, (M)onochrome
WAC, ( C)olor WAC, (V)is WAC, or (U)v WAC; and [PRODUCT] is a single character to
denote (E)dr.


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Phil Stooke
post Aug 29 2009, 02:03 PM
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The new image 2amazing mentioned is now on the LROC browse page. It's in Balmer, a big smooth-plains-floored basin near the limb, and one of the Constellation priority targets.

http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse

Here's a crop... ejecta blocks south of the fresh crater. Some of them hit the ground with enough horizontal velocity to roll away from the crater - these are the first boulder tracks I've ever seen away from steep slopes (Hey James!)


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post Aug 29 2009, 02:29 PM
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There's a nice image at the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project site comparing a Lunar Orbiter III high-res shot of the Apollo 14 landing site with the latest LROC image. It's very easy to see the changes imparted to the site from Apollo 14!
Comparison of Lunar Orbiter III and LROC image of Apollo 14 site


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post Aug 29 2009, 02:32 PM
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M104061987RE.tif

M=moon
104061987 = time in minutes?
How can you calculate whitch time/date this picture was taken.
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post Aug 29 2009, 02:55 PM
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The 104th of June, 1987?

More likely it's a count of seconds since some time which is probably specified somewhere in the documentation. But I prefer the idea that it's the 104th of June.

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post Aug 29 2009, 03:42 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 28 2009, 12:22 AM) *
If I remember my high school French from 37 years ago, I believe it runs:
.....
And the days of the week are:
.....
Spelling could be atrociously wrong, of course... smile.gif

-the other Doug

nearly ok oDoug...
Jeudi and not judi (so Jeudi is a mix of your judi and ...Jedi)
Dimanche and not Demansche

Juillet and not Julliet
Août (I've got the right key board smile.gif )
and as Doug pointed out you've missed Mai (which is a Maymonth and not a Mayday...sorry I couldn't resist)

...and I don't want to hear your spelling wink.gif


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post Aug 29 2009, 04:03 PM
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It's certainly counting up in seconds. I usually just make an Excel spreadsheet that takes the time quoted on an official release and the MET and then set up a formula that can calculate the date for any MET. But for LROC it doesn't really seem to be necessary, since they're putting the UTC time on all the Zoomify images. For instance this one which we're told is from Tue Aug 04 14:51:59 UTC 2009. Taking the whole nine-digit number as the date, it counts up from April 18, 2006, but I think it's more likely that the first digit isn't part of the counter, so it counts up from June 18 at 14:32:12. This was exactly 7 hours before launch. Maybe that was when they booted the spacecraft computer?

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post Aug 29 2009, 06:49 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 29 2009, 09:03 AM) *
This was exactly 7 hours before launch.

Sounds like the difference between UT and MST where the LROC operations center is. Maybe some time system confusion there. Presumably somewhere they have documented the definition of MET 0 in UT (or better, ET.)

I'm a little surprised they used MET; we usually use some arbitrary time like 0 Ephemeris Time ("epoch of J2000").

The first digit is probably what they meant by "a single digit for partition which denotes a reset of the MET".

I've seen clearer pieces of PDS documentation smile.gif



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post Aug 29 2009, 06:56 PM
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Hai Emily

Not every file and images match this methode.

Sometimes the date is not correct or time

See excel attachment.


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Attached File  lunar_orbit.xls ( 48K ) Number of downloads: 844
 
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post Aug 29 2009, 07:38 PM
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QUOTE (2amazing @ Aug 29 2009, 11:56 AM) *
Not every file and images match this methode.

The "nacl" and "nacr" files use the convention that the LROC hardware uses, where are images have an arbitrary 32-bit ID, reported in the file names as 8 hex digits. You can't glean anything more from these filenames without having access to the commands.

Obviously the PDS releases will be cleaned up and conform to the EDR documentation; it seems these public releases are using various naming conventions. (I'm just speculating, I have nothing to do with this stuff.)


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post Aug 30 2009, 06:42 PM
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I played with the images a little and did some basic editing, basically (but not limited to) reducing noise, sharpening and increasing contrast. Not as good as you can do it, but at least I tried. Imageshack and GIMP tricks.

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post Aug 31 2009, 06:55 AM
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Answer by e-mail from webmaster http://lroc.sese.asu.edu 30/08/09 11:27 PM

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The value after the M is the mission elapsed time of the observation.
The second to last character in the name denotes the observation type (L = left NAC, R = right NAC, C = 7-band WAC, M = 1 band WAC, V = VIS-only
WAC, U = UV-only WAC). The last character denotes the type of PDS product (E = EDR, C = CDR).





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post Aug 31 2009, 02:10 PM
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QUOTE (2amazing @ Aug 30 2009, 10:55 PM) *
Answer by e-mail from webmaster ...

More or less the exact same thing I said in post 166, no?


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post Aug 31 2009, 06:35 PM
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QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 31 2009, 04:10 PM) *
More or less the exact same thing I said in post 166, no?

Yep rolleyes.gif
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post Sep 1 2009, 08:23 PM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 29 2009, 02:03 PM) *
The new image 2amazing mentioned is now on the LROC browse page. It's in Balmer, a big smooth-plains-floored basin near the limb, and one of the Constellation priority targets.

http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse

Here's a crop... ejecta blocks south of the fresh crater. Some of them hit the ground with enough horizontal velocity to roll away from the crater - these are the first boulder tracks I've ever seen away from steep slopes (Hey James!)


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Yes, this one has alot of boulder tracks. Qualitatively, it is interesting how thin the dust layer is as evident of the difference between the width of some boulders and narrowness of their track. How deep is the soft stuff supposed to be?

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