title: Image quality prediction: an aid to the Viking Lander imaging investigation on Mars.
abstract: Two Viking spacecraft scheduled to land on Mars in the summer of 1976 will return multispectral panoramas of the Martian surface with resolutions 4 orders of magnitude higher than have been previously obtained and stereo views with resolutions approaching that of the human eye. Mission constraints and uncertainties require a carefully planned imaging investigation that is supported by a computer model of camera response and surface features to aid in diagnosing camera performance, in establishing a preflight imaging strategy, and in rapidly revising this strategy if pictures returned from Mars reveal unfavorable or unanticipated conditions.
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Huck
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wall