| Abstract: | We have recently completed a custom reprocessing of the entire WISE 12 micron All-sky imaging data set. The result is a full-sky map of mid-infrared Galactic dust emission at 15 arcsecond resolution, with contaminating artifacts such as compact sources removed. We have also created the first Planck-based dust emission model applicable from 100-3000 GHz, yielding full-sky maps of both dust temperature and optical depth at 6 arcminute resolution. Taken together, these WISE and Planck dust maps present an opportunity to improve upon the widely used Schlegel et al. (1998) extinction estimates by virtue of dramatically enhanced angular resolution. We describe our continuing efforts to construct and test full-sky, high-resolution dust extinction and temperature maps based on WISE and Planck. |