PROJECT NAME Vernal_crater HIRISE SOURCE IMAGES ESP_011844_1855 PSP_002812_1855 TECHNICAL CONTACT INFORMATION NAME NATHAN MOGK INSTITUTION UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Products are tied to MOLA elevations. Elevation range for this project: VALID_MINIMUM = -2013.29 m VALID_MAXIMUM = -862.69 m SOCET SET NGATE was used to extract terrain. Post spacing in DTM is 1 m. Notes: SOCET Set triangulation results: Total RMS ==> 1.0382 px RMS x ==> 1.1762 m RMS y ==> 11.824 m RMS z ==> 5.6312 m KNOWN ARTIFACTS These are known artifacts present in some, but not all, HiRISE DTMs. They may not be present in this DTM! Look at the terrain shaded relief to detect these before using the DTM! - Boxes Some DTMs have square areas that are usually about .5-1 m different in elevation from the surrounding areas. These are artifacts of the processing algorithms used in Socet Set ((c) BAE Systems). There may be goups of these boxes. They are almost impossible to edit out, so the user should look for such artifacts in a terrain shaded relief map before using the DTM for analysis. - CCD seams A HiRISE image is made up of 10 individual images, stitched together along their long edges. In a DTM, these seams can be visible as long lines. These seams are difficult to remove. - Faceted areas Areas that were very bland (low contrast) or deeply shadowed with low contrast and low signal may have a "faceted" look to them. Terrain in these areas is not trustworthy.