THE LUNAR SURFACE: Visualizing Changes
 
Chitra Sivanandam

List of Symbols

 
Symbol / Abbreviation
Definition
NASA
Natiaonal Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSSDC
National Space Science Database Center
ppi
pixels per inch
nm
nanometers (10-9 meters)
m
meter
UV/VIS
Ultraviolet / Visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum
NIR
Near Infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum
LWIR
Long wave Infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum
HIRES
High Resolution
CCD
Charged Couple Device
CD
Compact Disc (for storage)
DCT
Discrete Cosine Transform (for encoding images)
PDS
Planetary Data System (format created for archiving images for NASA and NSSDC)
IDL
Interactive Data Language (created by Research Systems Inc.)
F.T.
Fourier Transform
MTF
Modulation Transfer Function
RMS
Root Mean Square (for error)
I/O
Input / Output
GUI
Graphical User Interface
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