SALSA - Solar Applied pLanetary dataSet cAlibration

SALSA is a python tool that calibrates planetary spectral data using data from instruments on NASA's Solar Radiation Climate Experiment (SORCE). It is designed to allow planetary scientists to input their spectra (in units of kR/Å) of any planet or major moon in the solar system and SALSA will produce a number of results. The first option is for SALSA to return a high-resolution solar spectrum for the time being queried adjusted for the distance and position of the planetary object. The second option is for SALSA to produce the convolution of this solar spectrum onto a point spread function (PSF) of the instrument which took the data; the user can use the few built-in PSFs or they can input their own PSF parameters as well. This convolved solar spectrum can then be used to study properties of the object such as reflectance, surface composition, atmospheric composition, etc. Lastly, SALSA will divide the planetary spectrum ( I ) by the solar spectrum ( F ) to produce the object's reflectance ( I / F ).