Laboratory Resources
The Planetary Image Research Laboratory consists of hardware, software, and people dedicated to providing support for image processing, data access and analysis for researchers in the planetary sciences. Access to PIRL's electronic resources is via remote connection by SSH or the Web, or at PIRL's public user room, located at the Sonett Space Sciences building in Tucson, Arizona.
Specific offerings include:
- Linux clusters for number crunching power.
- Data storage and access for active and archival datasets related to the planetary sciences.
- User room with high resolution dual monitor workstations.
- Extremely specialized stereo Digital Elevation Model (DTM) production workstations.
- A 60" photo quality large format printer.
- A variety of useful software and tools.
- Rooms for meetings.
- Technical support.
Accounts are available for any University researcher with a need for PIRL's resources. If you are interested in an account, please fill out the online form here. Alternatively you can download and fill out a paper account application and fax it to PIRL at 520-626-8998. If you have any questions, please contact <sys NOSPAM AT pirlmail DOT lpl DOT arizona DOT edu>
PIRL also provides administrative, data and software support for research groups with related missions. These groups presently include Spacewatch, the Catalina Sky Survey, the Space Imagery Center, The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera (LROC), ESA's CASSIS imaging system on the Trace Gas Orbiter, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE group.
- How to find us
- Web access to our collection of user notes.
- How to connect to PIRL systems from other systems.
- Equipment available to users in the public area of PIRL.
- The handbook for PIRL users.
- Details on the web server that provides these pages.
- Web access to our collection of Iceland data. Password access only.