Deep Impact Documentation Set

The documentation for the entire Deep Impact Mission data collection is being collected into a single volume for ease of tracking and distribution. This collection will be updated as new documents and new versions of old documents are delivered by the mission to the Small Bodies Node.

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Volume Contents                                                               
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  Files on this volume are organized into a set of subdirectories             
  below the top-level directory. The following table shows the                
  structure and content of these directories. In the table, directory         
  names are enclosed in square brackets ([]). See the *INFO.TXT files         
  in some directories for specific information on the files in that           
  directory.                                                                  
                                                                              
  [TOP-LEVEL-DIRECTORY]                                                       
  |                                                                           
  |--AAREADME.TXT         This file                                          
  |                                                                           
  |--[CATALOG]             Directory containing PDS catalog objects           
  |  |-- CATINFO.TXT       Description of contents of this directory          
  |  |-- DATASET.CAT       Description of this data set                       
  |  |-- HRII.CAT          Description of the Hi-Res IR Imaging Spectrometer  
  |  |-- HRIV.CAT          Description of the Hi-Res Visible CCD              
  |  |-- MRI.CAT           Description of the Med-Res Visible CCD             
  |  |-- ITS.CAT           Description of the Impactor Visible CCD            
  |  |-- DIF.CAT           Description of the Flyby spacecraft                
  |  |-- DII.CAT           Description of the Impactor spacecraft             
  |  |-- DEEP_IMPACT.CAT   Description of the Deep Impact (DI) mission        
  |  |-- PERSONNEL.CAT     List of persons knowledgeable about DI data        
  |  |-- PERSONNEL_NAV.CAT List of persons knowledgeable about DI Nav data    
  |  |-- REFERENCE.CAT     List of publications mentioned in catalog files    
  |  |-- 9P_TEMPEL_1_1867_G1.CAT  Description of mission target, 9P/Tempel 1  
  |  +-- CALIBRATION.CAT   Description for a generic calibration target       
  |                                                                           
  |--[DOCUMENT]            Documentation directory                            
  |  |-- DOCINFO.TXT       Description of contents of this directory          
  |  |                                                                        
  |  |--[ARCHIVE_SUPPORT]                                                     
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  |--[ARCHIVE_INTERFACE_CONTROL]                                        
  |  |  |  |---AICD_FLIGHT_HRII*          Description of the contents of the  
  |  |  |  |                              PDS data sets for raw and reduced   
  |  |  |  |                              HRII flight data                    
  |  |  |  |--AICD_FLIGHT_HRIV_MRI_ITS*   Description of the contents of the  
  |  |  |  |                              PDS data sets for raw and reduced   
  |  |  |  |                              HRIV, MRI, and ITS flight data      
  |  |  |  |                              including navigation imaging data   
  |  |  |  |                              sets  
  |  |  |  +--AICD_FLIGHT_HRIV_MRI_ITS*   Figures for the AICDs  
  |  |  |                               
  |  |  |--[LOCAL_PDS_DATA_DICTIONARY]                                        
  |  |  |  +--PDSDD_DI*                   Local PDS Data Dictionary for DI    
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  |--[PROJECT_DATA_MANAGEMENT_PLAN]                                     
  |  |  |  +--PDMP*                       DI Project Data Management Plan     
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  +--[QUATERNION_DESC]                                                  
  |  |     +--QUATERNION_DESC*           Description of the quaternion found  
  |  |                                   in HRII, HRIV, MRI, and ITS labels   
  |  |--[CALIBRATION]                                                         
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  |--[CALIBRATION_DOCS]                                                 
  |  |  |  |--CALIBRATION_PAPER*         Instrument Calibration paper   
  |  |  |  |--CALIBRATION_PAPER_FIG*.JPG Figures for Instrument Calibration paper      
  |  |  |  |--CALIBRATION_PAPER_TAB*.JPG Tables for Instrument Calibration paper               
  |  |  |  |--CAL_PIPELINE_SUMMARY*      Summary of the calibration process   
  |  |  |  |--HRII_CAL_LIMITATIONS*      Summary of the limitations of        
  |  |  |  |                             calibrations applied to HRII data    
  |  |  |  +--INFLIGHT_CAL_SUMMARY*      Summary of in-flight calibrations    
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  +--[CALIBRATION_SOFTWARE]                                             
  |  |     |--[DICAL_V4]                 Version 4.00 of the IDL procedures   
  |  |     |  +--*.PRO, *.TXT, *.LBL     used to calibrate version 1.0 of     
  |  |     |                             HRII, HRIV, MRI, and ITS flight      
  |  |     |                             data; provided only as documentation 
  |  |     +--[DICAL_V5]                 Version 5.00 of the IDL procedures   
  |  |        |                          used to calibrate version 1.0 of     
  |  |        +--*.PRO, *.TXT, *.LBL     the reduced HRIV, MRI, and ITS       
  |  |                                   navigation images data sets;         
  |  |                                   provided only as documentation       
  |  |--[FLIGHT_DATA]                                                         
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  |--[DAY_OF_YEAR_CALENDAR]                                             
  |  |  |  +--DAY_OF_YEAR_CALENDAR*     Day-of-year conversion for 2005       
  |  |  |                                                                                                                                                 
  |  |  |--[IMAGE_PARAM_TABLES]
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  |--[NAV_RAW]                                                       
  |  |  |  |  |--HRIV_NAV_RAW_CRU_INDEX.*      Image parameter tables for     
  |  |  |  |  |--HRIV_NAV_RAW_ENC_INDEX.*      raw HRIV, MRI, and ITS         
  |  |  |  |  |--MRI_NAV_RAW_CRU_INDEX.*       Navigation data sets from      
  |  |  |  |  |--MRI_NAV_RAW_ENC_INDEX.*       cruise and encounter           
  |  |  |  |  |--ITS_NAV_RAW_CRU_INDEX.*                                      
  |  |  |  |  +--ITS_NAV_RAW_ENC_INDEX.*                                      
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  |--[NAV_REDUCED]                                                   
  |  |  |  |  |--HRIV_NAV_REDUCED_CRU_INDEX.*  Image parameter tables for     
  |  |  |  |  |--HRIV_NAV_REDUCED_ENC_INDEX.*  reduced HRIV, MRI, and ITS     
  |  |  |  |  |--MRI_NAV_REDUCED_CRU_INDEX.*   Navigation data sets from      
  |  |  |  |  |--MRI_NAV_REDUCED_ENC_INDEX.*   cruise and encounter           
  |  |  |  |  |--ITS_NAV_REDUCED_CRU_INDEX.*                                  
  |  |  |  |  +--ITS_NAV_REDUCED_ENC_INDEX.*                                  
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  |--[SCI_RAW]                                                       
  |  |  |  |  |--HRIV_RAW_CRU_INDEX.*          Image parameters tables for    
  |  |  |  |  |--HRIV_RAW_ENC_INDEX.*          raw HRIV, MRI, and ITS         
  |  |  |  |  |--MRI_RAW_CRU_INDEX.*           Science data sets from         
  |  |  |  |  |--MRI_RAW_ENC_INDEX.*           cruise and encounter           
  |  |  |  |  |--ITS_RAW_CRU_INDEX.*                                          
  |  |  |  |  +--ITS_RAW_ENC_INDEX.*                                          
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  +--[SCI_REDUCED]                                                   
  |  |  |     |--HRIV_REDUCED_CRU_INDEX.*      Image parameters tables for    
  |  |  |     |--HRIV_REDUCED_ENC_INDEX.*      reduced HRIV, MRI, and ITS     
  |  |  |     |--MRI_REDUCED_CRU_INDEX.*       Science data sets from         
  |  |  |     |--MRI_REDUCED_ENC_INDEX.*       cruise and encounter           
  |  |  |     |--ITS_REDUCED_CRU_INDEX.*                                      
  |  |  |     +--ITS_REDUCED_ENC_INDEX.*                                      
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  |--[NAV_DATA]                                                         
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  |--[FILENAME_CROSSREFERENCE]        Cross-reference of FITS file   
  |  |  |  |  |-- NAV_HRIV_FILE_NAMES_RAW2CAL* names in the raw and reduced   
  |  |  |  |  |-- NAV_ITS_FILE_NAMES_RAW2CAL*  HRIV, MRI, and ITS Nav data    
  |  |  |  |  +-- NAV_MRI_FILE_NAMES_RAW2CAL*  data                           
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  +--[NAV_PROCESSING]                 Describes the processes used   
  |  |  |     +-- NAV_IMAGES_REPORT*           to create raw and reduced      
  |  |  |                                      HRIV, MRI, and ITS Nav images  
  |  |  |--[SCIENCE_DATA]                                                     
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  |--[ENCOUNTER_LOGS]                 Encounter logs                 
  |  |  |  |  |--HRII_ENCOUNTER_DATA_SUMMARY*  HRII imgs from impact-28 hours 
  |  |  |  |  |--HRIV_ENCOUNTER_DATA_SUMMARY*  HRIV imgs from impact-28 hours 
  |  |  |  |  |--MRI_ENCOUNTER_DATA_SUMMARY*   MRI imgs from impact-28 hours  
  |  |  |  |  +--ITS_ENCOUNTER_DATA_SUMMARY*   ITS imgs from impact-22 hours  
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  |--[HRII_ENCOUNTER_POINTING]                                       
  |  |  |  |  +--HRII_ENCCOUNTER_POINTING*   Pointing and scan directions for 
  |  |  |  |                                 each HRII exposure of Tempel 1   
  |  |  |  |                                 acquired from June 20 through    
  |  |  |  |                                 July 6, 2005                     
  |  |  |  |                                                                  
  |  |  |  +--[HRII_HRIV_CONTEXT_IMAGES]                                      
  |  |  |     |                                                               
  |  |  |     |--[IMPACT]                For HRII impact frames, estimated    
  |  |  |     |  |--HI*_HV*.JPG          location and size of the IR slit     
  |  |  |     |  |                       superimposed on a HRIV context frame 
  |  |  |     |  |--IMPACT_CONTEXT_IMAGES*      Description of context images 
  |  |  |     |  +--IMPACT_CONTEXT_IMAGE_LOG*   Log on the context images and 
  |  |  |     |                                 geometric parameters          
  |  |  |     |                                                               
  |  |  |     +--[LOOKBACK]              For HRII lookback frames, estimated  
  |  |  |        |--HI*_HV*.JPG          location and size of the IR slit     
  |  |  |        |                       superimposed on a HRIV context frame 
  |  |  |        |--LOOKBACK_CONTEXT_IMAGES*    Description of context images 
  |  |  |        +--LOOKBACK_CONTEXT_IMAGE_LOG* Log on the context images and 
  |  |  |                                       geometric parameters          
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  +--[SPACECRAFT_CLOCK_CORRELATION]   Description of the discrepancy    
  |  |     |--SCLK_CORRELATION.*            between the spacecraft clocks     
  |  |     |                                and how the clock times were      
  |  |     |                                correlated                        
  |  |     |--FIG1_FLYBY_SCLK_OFFSET.PNG    Figures for the ASCII version     
  |  |     |--FIG2_SCLK_TEMP_HISTORY.JPG    of this document                  
  |  |     +--FIG3_FLYBY_VS_IMPACTOR_SCLK.JPG                                 
  |  |                                                                        
  |  |--[PUBLICATIONS]                                                        
  |  |  |                                                                     
  |  |  +--[SPACE_SCIENCE_REVIEWS]                                            
  |  |     +--subject_author*            Pre-impact papers published in       
  |  |                                   Space Science Reviews in 2005        
  |  |                                                                        
  |  +--[THERMAL_VAC_DATA]                                                    
  |     |                                                                     
  |     |--[TV_IMAGE_LOGS]                                                    
  |     |  |--TV1*                       Image logs from thermal-vacuum 1     
  |     |  |--TV2*                       Image logs from thermal-vacuum 2     
  |     |  |--TV3*                       Image logs from thermal-vacuum 3     
  |     |  +--TV4*                       Image logs from thermal-vacuum 4     
  |     |                                                                     
  |     |--[TV_READTEMP_CODE]                                                 
  |     |  +--TEMP_EXT_HRI*              IDL function for reading HRI         
  |     |                                temperature tables from TV2 and TV4  
  |     |--[TV_REPORTS]                                                       
  |     |  |                                                                  
  |     |  |--[TV1]                                                           
  |     |  |  +--REPORT_yyyymmdd*        TV1 daily activities report          
  |     |  |                                                                  
  |     |  |--[TV2]                                                           
  |     |  |  |--REPORT_yyyymmdd*        TV2 daily activities report          
  |     |  |  +--SUMMARY_SLIDE*          Summary of results from TV2          
  |     |  |                                                                  
  |     |  |--[TV3]                                                           
  |     |  |  +--REPORT_yyyymmdd*        TV3 daily activities report          
  |     |  |                                                                  
  |     |  +--[TV4]                                                           
  |     |     +--REPORT_yyyymmdd*        TV4 daily activities report          
  |     |                                                                     
  |     +--[TV_TEST_PLANS]                                                    
  |        +--DITV_number*               ITAR-cleared thermal-vacuum test     
  |                                      procedures for the instruments       
  |                                                                           
  +--[INDEX]               Directory containing index files                   
     +-- INDXINFO.TXT      Description of contents of this directory          
                                                                              
                                                                              
Whom to Contact for Information                                               
===============================                                               
                                                                              
  Questions regarding the scientific elements of this data set should be      
  directed to:                                                                
                                                                              
    Michael F. A'Hearn                                                        
    Principal Investigator, Deep Impact                                       
    Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland                           
    College Park, Maryland 20742-2421 USA                                     
    ma@astro.umd.edu                                                          
                                                                              
    Kenneth P. Klaasen                                                        
    Sequencing and Calibration Lead, Deep Impact                              
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory                                                 
    4800 Oak Grove Drive                                                      
    Pasadena, CA 91109 USA                                                    
    kenneth.p.klaasen@jpl.nasa.gov                                            
                                                                              
  Questions regarding the PDS elements in this data set should be             
  directed to:                                                                
                                                                              
    Stephanie McLaughlin                                                      
    Deep Impact Archive Team                                                  
    Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland                           
    College Park, Maryland 20742-2421 USA                                     
    stefmcl@astro.umd.edu