A software simulator for the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer on board the Mars express mission
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2002
Abstract:
Several procedures have been developed to support the strategy for the
remote sensing of Mars with the experiment Planetary Fourier Spectrometer
(PFS) on board of Mars Express. The instrument is a dual channel InfraRed
Fourier spectrometer, always pointing to nadir on the planet, with the
possibility of shifting from nadir pointing by ±12.5°, ±25°
perpendicularly to ground track direction. Among these procedures, the
Mars Express Simulator has been implemented in order to obtain useful
information about the position of the spot traced by PFS on Mars. This
tool has provided the possibility to plan limb observations in some
particular conditions, reflectance phase function measurements, global
coverage, local time coverage and so on.
remote sensing of Mars with the experiment Planetary Fourier Spectrometer
(PFS) on board of Mars Express. The instrument is a dual channel InfraRed
Fourier spectrometer, always pointing to nadir on the planet, with the
possibility of shifting from nadir pointing by ±12.5°, ±25°
perpendicularly to ground track direction. Among these procedures, the
Mars Express Simulator has been implemented in order to obtain useful
information about the position of the spot traced by PFS on Mars. This
tool has provided the possibility to plan limb observations in some
particular conditions, reflectance phase function measurements, global
coverage, local time coverage and so on.
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