Mars Express OMEGA/HRSC Data Workshop

Washington University in St. Louis
May 21-23, 2008

This Mars Express OMEGA-HRSC Data Workshop was held to provide graduate students, post-docs and other Mars investigators with a working knowledge of how to use the Mars Express OMEGA (Observatoire pour la Mineralogie, L’Eau, les Glaces et L’Activite) and HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Camera ) data sets.  This workshop provided:

-Tutorials and hands-on experience with Mars Express data

-Exploration of data from ESA Planetary Science Archive

-Use of data and tools with instrument science teams

Agenda

Wednesday 21 May 2008 – AM – Overviews and Introductions

9:00 - Welcome, Introduction, Logistics, and Workshop Description – Ed Guinness and Tommy Thompson
9:30 - Mars Express Overview – Tommy Thompson
9:45 - Mars Express HRSC Overview – Dave Williams
          Anaglyphs, HRSC_Overview, Non_volcanics
10:15 - Mars Express OMEGA Overview - OMEGA team

10:45 - BREAK

11:00 - PDS Archives - Ed Guinness
11:30 - ESA PSA Archives - Dave Heather
12:00 - IDL Overview – Greg Michaels

12:30 - 13:30 – LUNCH

Wednesday 21 May 2008 – PM – OMEGA Overview

OMEGA Ground Calibration
OMEGA Instrumental Problems
OMEGA Dataset
OMEGA Software

13:30 - OMEGA Instrument Overview and Calibration
14:00 - The OMEGA Data Set Description
14:45 - How to Find OMEGA Data in the PSA
15:00 - Data Processing Overview and Software Description

16:00 - BREAK

16:20 - Hands-On: OMEGA Software Installation and Data Analysis

18:00 – ADJOURN

Thursday 22 May 2008 –AM - OMEGA Hands-On

9:00 - OMEGA Hands-On Data Analysis

12:30 - 13:30 – LUNCH

Thursday 22 May 2008 –PM - HRSC Overview

13:30 - Instrument overview - Thomas Roatsch
14:00 - SPICE for HRSC, Data Products & Minivicar – Thomas Roatsch
14:20 - Finding data of interest using PSA and PDS - David Heather
14:40 - HRSCview + IDL for HRSC, Craterstats, etc. -Greg Michael
15:00 - HRSC anaglyphs, RGB, image sharpening - Angelo Pio Rossi
15:20 - HRSC export, ISIS import & HRSC-GIS basics - Angelo Pio Rossi
            HRSC_level2_ANAGLYPHS
            HRSC_level4_basic_info
            HRSC_level4_RGB_pan-sharp
            HRSC_level4_map_projection
            HRSC_level4_ISIS_EXPORT_GIS
            HRSC Data Products
            VICAR Tutorial
            SPICE Overview
            Michael_craterstats
            Michael_DTM_colourisation
            Michael_HRSCview

15:40 – BREAK

16:00 – HRSC HANDS-ON

- PSA data selection, installing Minivicar, viewing with XVD, --> HRSCview
- INSTALLING MINIVICAR
- SETTING SPICE
- MINIVICAR: anaglyphs with hrortho
- HRSC Level4: RGB + data import/export
- HRSCview use + Craterstats use

18:00 – ADJOURN

Friday 23 May 2008 - HRSC Hands-On

9:00 - HRSC Hands-On Data Analysis
12:30 - Conclusion, Wrap-up
13:00 - END OF WORKSHOP

Additional Material

Additional workshop materials are available from ESA:

·         http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=42773

·         ftp://ssols01.esac.esa.int/pub/workshops/06_MEX_DW_May_2008_US/