This readme file was generated on 2024-06-12 by Zoe Learner Ponterio GENERAL INFORMATION Title of Dataset: Cassini Synthetic Aperture RADAR Swath Mosaic of SaturnÕs Moon Titan for the North Polar Region Author/Principal Investigator Information Name: Samuel Birch ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4578-1694 Institution: Brown University Address: Lincoln Field, Room 301, 324 Brook Street, Providence, RI 02912 Email: samuel_p_birch@brown.edu Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information Name: Alexander Hayes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-2630 Institution: Cornell University Address: 412 Space Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Email: hayes@astro.cornell.edu Author/Alternate Contact Information Name: Zoe Learner Ponterio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9844-2146 Institution: Cornell University Address: 317 Space Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Email: zap9@cornell.edu Date of data collection: 2004-07-01 - 2017-09-15 Geographic location of data collection: In orbit around Saturn, flybys of Titan Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: SEAS, LAKES, CHANNEL NETWORKS AND HILLSLOPES: A COUPLED ANALYSIS TO EXPLORE THE EVOLUTION OF TITANS POLAR LANDSCAPES, NASA Award # NNX13AG03G SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: The Titan SAR mosaics datasets will be shared under a Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/); the data will be openly available for re-use, modification and distribution; proper attribution to the original data creators is appreciated. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: https://data.astro.cornell.edu/titan_equatorial_mosaics_birch/ Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: The Cassini Synthetic Aperture RADAR Digital Map Products of Titan Dataset from which this file was derived can be found at https://doi.org/10.7298/knpx-8a85. Recommended citation for this dataset: S. Birch, A. Hayes. (2017) Mosaic of SAR Swaths of SaturnÕs Moon Titan [Dataset]. Cornell University LibraryÕs eCommons Digital Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7298/s709-7w42 DATA & FILE OVERVIEW File List: Cassini_Titan_SAR_Mosaic_Polar_N.cub Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: The final SAR mosaics of Titan are divided into 6 files: 4 equatorial quadrants and 2 polar regions. Cassini_Titan_SAR_Mosaic_Equat_1.cub Covers 180W to 85W, and 60S to 60N https://doi.org/10.7298/s709-7w42 Cassini_Titan_SAR_Mosaic_Equat_2.cub Covers 95W to 5E, and 60S to 60N https://doi.org/10.7298/4az4-gk54 Cassini_Titan_SAR_Mosaic_Equat_3.cub Covers 5W to 95E, and 60S to 60N https://doi.org/10.7298/vaaf-sy65 Cassini_Titan_SAR_Mosaic_Equat_4.cub Covers 85E to 180E, and 60S to 60N https://doi.org/10.7298/fz1q-ya32 Cassini_Titan_SAR_Mosaic_Polar_N.cub Covers 55N to 90N https://doi.org/10.7298/smda-t742 Cassini_Titan_SAR_Mosaic_Polar_S.cub Covers 55S to 90S https://doi.org/10.7298/2bdt-p498 METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: This mosaic is generated using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images of SaturnÕs moon Titan that are publicly available in the Planetary Data System here: https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/radar.html Methods for processing the data: The PDS SAR images were processed using the Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS) that is freely available and supported by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Team: https://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/7.0.0/index.html. For each sub area, images were reprojected using the ÒMAP2MAPÓ function (https://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/7.0.0/Application/presentation/Tabbed/map2map/map2map.html) and mosaicked using the function ÒMAPMOSÓ (https://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/7.0.0/Application/presentation/Tabbed/mapmos/mapmos.html). For each area, the user determined the order of image mosaicking to have images with higher resolution and lower artifact density on top of images that were of lower quality (either because of resolution or artifacts). No blending or smoothing was done. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: This dataset was generated from SAR images acquired by the Cassini RADAR instrument. Environmental/experimental conditions: In orbit around Saturn People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: NASA Cassini Team