This ReadMe.txt file was generated on 20250502 by Bickel, Valentin Tertius
This ReadMe.txt file was updated on 20251004 by Bickel, Valentin Tertius
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of dataset: Dust Devil Migration Patterns Reveal Strong Near-surface Winds across 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: 
2022-05-01 to 2024-02-01

4. Geographic location of data collection:
Mars, ~90°N to ~90°S, ~180°W to ~180°E

5. Keywords describing the subject of your dataset:
Mars; dust; wind; dust devil; weather; climate

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:
Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY)

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 
URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw5170
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw5170

3. Recommended citation for this dataset: 
Bickel, V.T., Almeida, M., Read, M., Schriever, A., Tirsch, D., Hauber, E., Gwinner, K., Thomas, N., Roatsch, T. (2025). Dust Devil Migration Patterns Reveal Strong Near-surface Winds across Mars. Science Advances 11 (10.1126/sciadv.adw5170).

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List:
      Filename: Bickel_et_al_2025_dustdevils_SciAdv_v1.0.csv
      File format: .csv
      Short description: File with meta information about all CaSSIS and HRSC dust devil detections; original catalog (v1.0) as used in Bickel et al. (2025)

      Filename: Bickel_et_al_2025_dustdevils_SciAdv_v1.0.zip
      File format: .zip, .tif
      Short description: Archive with the thumbnails for all dust devil detections

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Supervised convolutional neural network (YOLOv5), see associated publication for details

2. Methods for processing the data: 
Neural network deployed on Trace Gas Orbiter CaSSIS and Mars Express HRSC orbital images, see associated publication for details

3. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
Expert-based review of all neural network detections, see associated publication for details

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Bickel_et_al_2025_dustdevils_SciAdv_v1.0.csv
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1. Number of variables/columns: 31

2. Number of cases/rows: 1039

3. Variable List:
run ID, Instrument, ID, ID short, datetime, center LON 180d, center LAT pc (°), bbox diameter, estimated diameter, ul x, ul y, lr x, lr y, center x, center y, confidence, spatial resolution, emission, incidence, phase, sub sol longitude, LST, channels, image type, thumbnail tag, CA fringe speed, CA fringe azi, CA stereo speed, CA stereo azi, HRSC speed, HRSC azi

4. Variable description:
run sub ID, Instrument name, Full image ID, Short image ID, image Earth date and time, LON 180d of detection box center (°),LAT planetocentric of detection box center (°), CNN bounding box diameter (m), estimated dust devil diameter (m), x image coordinate upper left corner of detection box (pix), y image coordinate upper left corner of detection box (pix), x image coordinate lower right corner of detection box (pix), y image coordinate lower right corner of detection box (pix), x image coordinate center of detection box (pix), y image coordinate center of detection box (pix), CNN confidence score, image pixel spacing (m/pix), image emission angle (°), image solar incidence angle (°), image phase angle (°), image sub solar longitude (°), local solar time, number of available instrument channels, image type (INDIVIDUAL, STEREO1, STEREO2, REVERSE, REGULAR), thumbnail ID tag, dust devil velocity CaSSIS fringe method (m/s), dust devil azimuth CaSSIS fringe method (°, 0° is North, clockwise), dust devil velocity CaSSIS stereo method (m/s), dust devil azimuth CaSSIS stereo method (°, 0° is North, clockwise), dust devil velocity HRSC stereo method (m/s), dust devil azimuth HRSC stereo method (°, 0° is North, clockwise)