OBJECTIVES/METHODS: COLOR IMAGE AND BAND-RATIO COMPOSITE PRODUCTS OF ASTEROIDS HAVE BEEN USED TO UNDERSTAND SURFACE COMPOSITION REGOLITH GRAIN SIZE AND SPACE WEATHERING EFFECTS. DESPITE THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE OF COLOR COMPOSITE PRODUCTS VERY FEW HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM (PDS) FOR NEAR MSI DATA FROM EROS. OF THOSE AVAILABLE ON THE PDS SMALL BODIES NODE NONE PROVIDE GLOBAL COVERAGE. IN PART THIS IS DUE TO THE CHALLENGING NATURE OF THE NEAR MSI DATASET WHICH EXPERIENCED A WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT DEGRADATION OF THE SYSTEM POINT SPREAD FUNCTION DUE TO HYDRAZINE CONTAMINATION ON THE OPTICS OF THE IMAGER. TO COMPLETE THE SET OF SPATIALLY AND RADIOMETRICALLY REMEDIATED MSI IMAGES WE WILL IMPLEMENT UPDATED REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES TO RECOVER THE GEOMETRIC AND RADIOMETRIC ACCURACY OF MSI IMAGES IN THE 450 550 AND 1050 NM FILTERS (WHICH EXPERIENCED THE MOST DEGRADATION DUE TO CONTAMINATION) AND COORDINATE WITH THE PDS IMAGING NODE TO ARCHIVE THESE DATA. USING THESE REMEDIATED DATA WE WILL DEVELOP GLOBALLY CONTROLLED MOSAICS FOR EACH MSI FILTER FROM 450-1050 NM AND DELIVER THESE DATA TO THE PDS ARCHIVE. TO GENERATE THESE MOSAICS INPUT IMAGES WILL BE PROJECTED TO THE>3 MILLION FACET GASKELL (2008) SHAPE MODEL OF EROS AND PHOTOMETRICALLY CORRECTED. CREATING THESE PRODUCTS WILL REQUIRE US TO SOLVE FOR THE SPACECRAFT POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL MSI FRAMES USED IN EACH MAP; THIS UPDATED SPICE INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR DELIVERY TO THE PDS. FINALLY WE WILL PRODUCE AND ARCHIVE GLOBAL BAND-RATIO AND COMPOSITE MAPS USING THE PHOTOMETRICALLY CORRECTED (30 INCIDENCE 0 EMISSION 30 PHASE) AND PHOTOGRAMMETRICALLY CONTROLLED MOSAICS. ENHANCEMENTS TO EXISTING TOOLS WITHIN THE INTEGRATED SOFTWARE FOR IMAGERS AND SPECTROMETERS VERSION 3 (ISIS3) ARE REQUIRED TO ENABLE THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL. ISIS3 IS A FREE SPECIALIZED DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY S ASTROGEOLOGY SCIENCE CENTER (USGS ASC). IMPROVEMENTS TO ISIS3 WILL INCLUDE: -UPDATING THE MSI INGESTION APPLICATION (MSI2ISIS) AND MSI CAMERA MODEL IN ISIS3 FOR CORRECTIONS AND CONSISTENCY TO SUPPORT GENERALIZED IMAGE PROCESSING WITHIN THE SOFTWARE. -UPDATING THE ISIS3 SUMFILE INGESTION TOOL (SUMSPICE) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MSI DATA. -INCREASING THE ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY OF ISIS3 ROUTINES FOR PROJECTING IMAGES TO TESSELLATED 3D SHAPE MODELS OF IRREGULAR BODIES. -SUBMITTING ANY TOOLS OR UPDATES DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS WORK TO THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF ISIS3. RELEVANCE TO PLANETARY DATA ARCHIVE&RESTORATION TOOLS: THIS WORK WILL FUNDAMENTALLY IMPROVE THE ACCURACY AND USABILITY OF THE NEAR MSI DATA FROM EROS. BY ARCHIVING THESE DERIVED PRODUCTS WE WILL ENABLE FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS OF EROS AS WELL AS SMALL BODY COMPARATIVE SCIENCE.
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