New Calibrated Catalog of Cassini VIMS Jupiter Observations Released
A team of researchers has published a calibrated catalog of Cassini Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) observations of Jupiter, along with the full data processing workflow used to generate the products. The work addresses known limitations in the standard ISIS pipeline, including revised visible and infrared channel calibrations, pointing correction fixes, and improved dark signal handling. The publicly available dataset provides a uniform, validated resource for the planetary science community to conduct future scientific analysis of Jupiter.
Researchers led by Asier Anguiano-Arteaga have produced a comprehensive, calibrated catalog of Cassini VIMS Jupiter observations, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Starting from raw VIMS spectral cubes, the workflow generates multi-extension FITS files with radiometrically consistent calibration across both visible and infrared channels. A key contribution is a revised infrared calibration that resolves a subset of problematic cases not adequately handled by the standard ISIS pipeline, alongside corrections for pointing-related misalignments between spectral cubes and geometric backplanes. The team also developed customized dark signal correction strategies to further improve data quality. Internal validation tests and comparisons with independent reference spectra from the literature were used to assess the consistency of the final products. The full catalog, including calibrated spectral cubes, geometry backplanes, and wavelength information, has been made publicly available on Zenodo (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.19223781).
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The paper does not detail the specific scientific questions or Jupiter phenomena the catalog is intended to address. The scope of 'problematic cases' not resolved by the revised infrared calibration is also not specified in the abstract.
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- arXiv astro-phCenter
A Processing Workflow for Cassini VIMS Jupiter Cubes
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