Mars Global Surveyor Science Sampler

Originator

     PDS Geosciences Node 
     Washington University 
     Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences 
     1 Brookings Drive 
     St. Louis, MO 63130 
     314-935-5493 

     http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/     

NSSDC ID

        PSPG-00626

Information

The collection includes MGS data products from the Mars Orbiter Camera (9 full resolution images as well as finder images and a global locator map), the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (raw and calibrated data from 18 orbits, including topographic profiles), the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (calibrated data from 16 orbits, including 25-micron temperature images), and the Magnetometer / Electron Reflectometer (plots of derived electron and magnetic field data from 18 orbits). It also includes two gravity models of Mars based on Mariner 9 and Viking data (tables of spherical harmonic coefficients and a gravity map), which will be updated with the results of the MGS Radio Science Subsystem observations. (No radio science data were available for release when this sampler collection was being assembled.) Finally, SPICE kernels and orbit nadir ground track files are included to allow the user to understand where data were acquired.