This ReadMe.txt file was generated on 20240521 by Bickel, Valentin Tertius
This ReadMe.txt file was updated on 20240528 by Bickel, Valentin Tertius
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of dataset: A Global Dataset of Pitted Cones on Mars

2. Contributor information: 
Data creator
      Name: Bickel, Valentin Tertius
      Role/Function: Data creator
      Institution: Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern
      Address: G6, Gesellschaftsstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
      Email: valentin.bickel@unibe.ch
      
3. Date of data collection: 
2023-05-01 to 2028-01-23

4. Geographic location of data collection:
Mars, ~90°N to ~90°S

5. Keywords describing the subject of your dataset:
Mars; machine learning; pitted cones; mud volcanism; CTX

6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
      Funding agency name: Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116145

3. Recommended citation for this dataset: 
Mills, M.M., Bickel, V.T., McEwen, A.S., Valantinas, A. (2024). A Global Dataset of Pitted Cones on Mars. Icarus 418.

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List:
      Filename: Mills_et_al_2024_pittedcones_CT08.csv
      File format: .csv
      Short description: File with meta information about all detections

      Filename: Mills_et_al_2024_pittedcones_CT08.zip
      File format: .zip, .tif
      Short description: Zipped archive of .tif thumbnail images

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Supervised convolutional neural network (Yolov5x), see associated publication for details

2. Methods for processing the data: 
Neural network deployed on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CTX images, see associated publication for details

3. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
Expert-based review of the dataset and spatial/geostatistical comparison with other (regional) pitted cone datasets, see associated publication for details

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Mills_et_al_2024_pittedcones_CT08.csv
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1. Number of variables/columns: 23

2. Number of cases/rows: 65,520

3. Variable List:
run_ID; CTX_ID; date_time; center_LON 360d; center_LON_180d; center_LAT_pg; center_LAT_pc; estimated_diameter_meter; upper_left_x_img; upper_left_y_img; lower_right_x_img; lower_right_y_img; confidence; CTX_resolution; emission; incidence; phase; sub_solar_latitude; sub_solar_longitude; solar_distance; solar_longitude; local_time; detection_thumbnail_ID

4. Variable description:
internal detection ID; CTX image ID; observation Earth date and time; detection box center longitude (°, 360d); detection box center longitude (°, 180d); detection box center latitude planetographic (°); detection box center latitude planetocentric (°); estimated pitted cone diameter (not calibrated, meter); detection box upper left x (pixel); detection box upper left y (pixel); detection box lower right x (pixel); detection box lower right y (pixel); CNN confidence (%); CTX image resolution (m/pixel); emission angle; solar incidence angle; solar phase angle; sub solar latitude; sub solar longitude; solar distance; solar longitude; local Mars time; .tif detection thumbnail ID