New Horizons Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array Pluto Encounter Calibrated Data, Version 1.0

This data set contains calibrated data taken by the
New Horizons Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array instrument during
the PLUTO ENCOUNTER mission phase.

LEISA is an infrared imaging spectrometer. The two-dimensional (2-D)
detector is a 256x256-pixel array. Spectral separation is done with a
wedged optical etalon filter, which comprises high (2.1-2.25 micron) and
low (1.25-2.5 micron) spectral resolution segments. The optics and
filter arrangement configure one detector dimension as spatial at
constant wavelength and the other dimension as both spectral and
spatial. Multiple frames (images) may be taken in sequence, while
scanning the Field Of View (FOV) in the spatial+spectral dimension, such
that each pixel-sized piece of the observed target will be observed at
all wavelengths across multiple frames. The resulting data products in
this data set are three-dimensional image cubes, which dimensions are
spatial, spatial+spectral, and spatial+time and which shall be convolved
into spatial, spatial, and spectral image cubes at a later date.

During the Pluto-Charon Encounter mission phase starting in January,
2015, there were several sub-phases: three Approach sub-phases, (AP1,
AP2 and AP3); a CORE sequence around the Pluto flyby on 14.July, 2015
(Day Of Year 195), sometimes also referred to as NEP (Near-Encounter
Phase); three Departure sub-phases (DP1, DP2, DP3); a Transition
sub-phase closing out the Pluto Encounter mission phase ending in late
October, 2016.*. For this final Ralph-LEISA delivery for this
Pluto-Charon Encounter mission phase, this data set includes all
Approach, CORE, Departure, and Transition data downlinked through the
end of October, 2016.

Labels were redesigned during migration using the .FIT header and PDS3 .LBL
files, but the data files are unchanged from their PDS3 version.