CLEM UVVIS Camera

ODE: Moon

Mission: Clementine

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The Clementine Ultraviolet/Visible (UVVIS) camera (Kordas et al., 1995; Malaret et al., 1998; Jolliff, 1999; Gaddis et al., 2000) had a catadioptric telescope with fused silica lenses focused onto a metachrome-coated charge-couple-device (CCD) imager. Active wavelength response was limited on the short wavelength end by the transmission of fused silica and the optical blur of the lens. Wavelength response on the long end was limited by the response of the CCD. The camera had a filter wheel with six filters allowing observations at the 415, 750, 900, 950, 1000 nm, and a broad band between 400 to 950 nm wavelengths.

The UVVIS imaging instrument was primarily used to support lunar mineral mapping investigations. Pole-to-pole nadir observations with solar phase angles kept to less than 30 degrees at mid-latitudes were the predominant viewing conditions during the two month systematic mapping phase of the mission.

ODE supports the search, retrieval, and download of UVVIS Experiment Data Record (EDR) products, and two additional data sets: the Clementine Basemap Mosaic and the Clementine UVVIS Digital Image Model (DIM) Mosaic. More information about UVVIS products can be found in:

• UVVIS PDS Document Files

  • Clementine EDR Image Software Interface Specification (SIS)

  • Clementine EDR Archive Software Interface Specification (SIS)

  • Clementine EDR Volume Information Document

  • Clementine UVVIS Basemap Mosaic Volume Information Document

  • Clementine UVVIS DIM Mosaic Volume Information Document

• UVVIS PDS Catalog Files

  • Clementine UVVIS Basemap Mosaic

  • Clementine UVVIS DIM Mosaic

• Additional references

  • Gaddis, L.R., and B.R. Hawke, M.S. Robinson, and C. Coombs (2000), Compositional Analyses of Small Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits Using Clementine Multispectral Data, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 105, No. E2, pp. 4,245-4,262.

  • Jolliff, B.L. (1999), Clementine UVVIS Multispectral Data and the Apollo 17 landing site: What can we tell and how well?: J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 104, No. E6, pp. 14,123-14,148.

  • Kordas, J.R., I.T. Lewis, R.E. Priest, W.T. White, D.P. Nielsen, H. Park, B.A. Wilson, M.J. Shannon, A.G. Ledebuhr, and L.D. Pleasance (1995), UV/visible Camera for the Clementine Mission: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2478, pp. 175-186.

  • Malaret, E., L. Perez, and H. Taylor (1998), ACT’s Final Report to NASA (NASW-5014) Clementine’s In-Flight Calibration Results (UVVIS Camera), Applied Coherent Technology Corp [URL: https://www.actgate.com/act/uvresFinal_2_23_99.PDF].