PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = "CAMERON DICKINSON, 2008-04-11; 2008-08-05 bsword, reformatted, added missing keywords 2008-12-05 minor changes 2008-12-11 Changes to descriptions" RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = DATA_SET DATA_SET_ID = "PHX-M-MET-3-PT-RDR-V1.0" OBJECT = DATA_SET_INFORMATION DATA_SET_NAME = "PHOENIX MARS METEOROLOGICAL PRESSURE / TEMPERATURE RDR V1.0" DATA_SET_COLLECTION_MEMBER_FLG = "N" DATA_OBJECT_TYPE = TABLE START_TIME = 2008-05-26T00:08:36.308 STOP_TIME = 2008-06-25T19:22:51.816 DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE = 2008-12-23 PRODUCER_FULL_NAME = "CAMERON S. DICKINSON" DETAILED_CATALOG_FLAG = "N" CITATION_DESC = "Dickinson, C. D., PHX METEOROLOGICAL DATA V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2008." ABSTRACT_DESC = "The PHX METEOROLOGICAL DATA product contains calibrated temperature and pressure data. The temperature data was collected at 250, 500 and 1000mm above the Phoenix Lander deck, and the pressure data was collected at (nearly) the height of the Lander deck. Nominally the data was collected at 2 sec resolution, but is also provided at 512 sec averages (with distribution statistics). Owing to the placement of a heater near the pressure sensor, a corrected set of values was required, and is provided for the pressure data." DATA_SET_TERSE_DESC = "PHX MET calibrated Pressure and Temperature Data" DATA_SET_DESC = " Modification History ==================== Version 1 data volumes include volumes MS000 through LS029, released Dec 2008. These volumes contain MET data collected May 2008 through June 2008, sols 0-29. Corrected Values ================ Incorrect values in release 1 and 2 (MS0001 and MS0002): LOCAL_TRUE_SOLAR_TIME Values for LOCAL_TRUE_SOLAR_TIME (LTST) were incorrectly given values of Local Mean Solar Time (LMST) to mark the commencement of data collection within each data product LBL file. Furthermore, it was discovered that values of LMST employed in planning of Phoenix operations are slightly different to values calculated using algorithms such as Mars24. This is because the mission epoch was set from the expected landing site longitude of 126.65, whereas the actual landing site longitude was 125.75. LMST is thus calculated from 126.65, while LTST from 125.75. Corrections to the MET data archive were calculated from UTC employing the Mars24 algorithm (provided as an Appendix in the updated DPSIS document) and both LTST and LMST start times are now provided. Users should also use caution when comparing times with other Phoenix payloads, as different algorithms may provide differing results for Mars time, while UTC is the standard across all instruments. This change has been applied to Release 3 (MS0003), and files with the version number incremented (MS***RMC_###########_$$$$M1) have correct values. CORRECTED PRESSURE Values for 'PRESSURE' in the Corrected Pressure data files (e.g. MS***RMC_###########_$$$$M0) were determined to be incorrect (the irony of this statement has not been lost on us). Values archived in Release 1 and 2 were archived with the uncorrected values shifted temporally, and thus should be discarded. The files now contain the correct 'Corrected Pressure' values, with a '-1' flag signifying values that could not be corrected using this algorithm. Both of these changes have been applied to Release 3 (MS0003), and files with the version number incremented (MS***RMC_###########_$$$$M1) have correct values. Data Set Overview ================= The Phoenix Mars Lander arrived at 68.2184N, 234.2487E on May 25, 2008. The PHX METEOROLOGICAL DATA product contains calibrated values of pressure and temperature data, as well as corrected values of pressure data. Each product is approximately 24 hours (LMST) in duration, and was collected continuously over the entire mission at a data rate of 2 sec. The Data are organized into 'High Resolution' (2 sec) and 'Low Resolution' (512 sec). There are three temperature sensors along the vertical 1.0 m MET Mast (250, 500 and 1000mm), a reference Platinum Resistance Thermometer (PRT) at the base, and a pressure sensor on the Lander Deck on the Payload Electronic Box. [TAYLOR2008] The collection of High Resolution Data is determined by the setting of P & T threshold values ranging from setting the thresholds to zero (constantly triggering, creating continuous 2 sec data) to essentially infinity (never triggering, creating no 2 sec data). Owing to favorable transmission bandwidth, the unit was operated over the entire mission in triggered (2 sec) mode. During surface operations, it was discovered that a dissipative heater was causing interference with the pressure measurements, owing to its placement very near to the sensor head. A corrective algorithm was developed, employing housekeeping temperature measurements made internal to the pressure sensor head once every 512 sec, and with the interpolated corrections applied to the 2 sec resolution data. A further two tables are included which contain these data. The Data is organized by a unique identifier (Token) is keeping with the other Phoenix instruments. The token for the PT was nominally set each sol, when the PT instrument stopped recording to allow for transfer of data to the Lander (and hence telemetry to Earth). The token is provided as a 4 byte hex value. Parameters ========== Each RDR file contains time as the seconds since START_TIME. The MET PT instruments were nominally operated 24 hours of each Martian sol. Once each sol, the instrument was transitioned out of RECORD to allow for transfer of data from MET flash to the Lander. Thus there will nominally be a ~20 min gap each sol. The MET P&T threshold was commanded each sol, to trigger constantly, creating 2 sec data. The calibration constants used internally onboard the unit were determined prior to launch, and outlined in the CCC report. During surface operations the MET PT was operated continuously, with a gap early in the mission (Sol 19/20) owing to a spacecraft event. Smaller data gaps exist, from dropouts in telemetry, but these were often recovered owing to use of the MET PT internal flash and data retransmits. Processing ========== The RDR products have had the following changes as compared to the EDRs: 1. The data has been changed and reordered where required to be consistent with the SIS. 2. The Frame Count is converted to the duration of each measurement in Earth seconds. 3. Temperature Digital Numbers have been converted to degrees Kelvin. The Pressure Corrected data, has been modified as outlined in the SIS document. Very briefly, a thermocap, internal to the pressure sensor head, was employed as a proxy of the pressure sensor temperature, and used to correct the temperature effects in the data. Finally, the data were converted to PDS format, converting the tab-delimited fields to fixed-width fields, and exchanging the multiple packet headers for a single session header by the MET GDS. Address: Cameron Dickinson Dept. of Earth and Space Science Engineering York University 4700 Keele St Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Phone: (416) 736-2100 X 23870 Email: cameron.dickinson@gmail.com For science related questions about the data, please contact the MET Instrument Science Team Lead: Address: James Whiteway Dept. of Earth and Space Science Engineering York University 4700 Keele St Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Phone: (416) 736-2100 X 22310 Email: whiteway@yorku.ca Data ==== All of the data in this data set are contained in ASCII tabular files with detached PDS labels. Data is stored in a separate directory relating to the sol in which the recording of data commenced (i.e. data acquired from 003 10:00 local to 004 10:15 will be in the sol 3 directory) Individual filenames are constructed as follows: MS000RMH_00896227243_10CCM0.LBL 1: The first character will always be an 'M', representing MET data. 2: The second character will be an 'S', signifying surface data (versus 'C' for Cruise) 3-5: The next three characters provide the sol number of the data file. 6-8: The next three characters describe the type of MET data, EML - EDR MET LOW (Resolution) EMH - EDR MET HIGH (Resolution) RML - RDR MET LOW (Resolution) RMH - RDR MET HIGH (Resolution) RMC - RDR MET Corrected (Pressure Corrected Values) RMA - RDR MET Ancillary (Pressure Sensor Temperatures) 9: Blank 10-20: SCLK - Spacecraft clock 21: Blank 22-25: Operations Token 26: Producer (M for MET Team) 27: Version 28: Period 29-31: Extension, LBL or TAB The tabular files are formatted so that they may be read directly into many database management systems (DBMS) or spreadsheet programs on various computers. Each of the files contains two tables. The first is the header table, and is only a single record in length. The second table contains all of the data records for a session and varies in length. All fields in the tables are stored in columns of fixed width and are right justified. The records are of fixed length; since the header records are shorter than the data records, they have been padded with blank spaces at the end of the record. The last two bytes of each record contain the ASCII carriage return and line feed characters. This allows the tables to be treated as fixed length record files on computers that support this file type and as normal text files on other computers. The PDS labels are object-oriented. The object to which the labels refer (the tables) is denoted by a statement of the form: ^object = location in which the carat character ('^', also called a pointer in this context) indicates that the object starts at the given location. For an object located outside the label file (as in this case), the location denotes the name of the file containing the object, along with the starting record. For example: ^TABLE = 'MS013RML_00126907202_15C6M1.TAB' indicates that the TABLE object is in the same directory as the detached label file. (Records are counted starting at 1, not 0.) The detached label files are stream format files, with a carriage return (ASCII 13) and a line feed character (ASCII 10) at the end of each record. This allows the files to be read by the MacOS, DOS, UNIX, and VMS operating systems. Software ======== The EDR/RDR tables can be displayed on UNIX, Macintosh, and PC platforms as simple ASCII files, or using the PDS developed program, NASAView. This software is freely available from the PDS Central Node and may be obtained from their web site at http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/. For more information or help in obtaining the software, contact the PDS operator at the following address: Address: Planetary Data System, PDS Operator Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone: (818) 354-4321 Email: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov WWW URL: http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/" CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE = " Review ====== The contents of this data have been peer reviewed by the following people: Lyle Huber - PDS Atmospheres Node, New Mexico State University Jim Murphy - PDS Atmospheres Node, New Mexico State University Cameron Dickinson - MET/Lidar Data Manager, York University Jim Whiteway - MET/LIDAR Instrument Co-Investigator, York University" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_MISSION MISSION_NAME = PHOENIX END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_MISSION OBJECT = DATA_SET_TARGET TARGET_NAME = MARS END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_TARGET OBJECT = DATA_SET_HOST INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = PHX INSTRUMENT_ID = MET END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_HOST OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "TAYLOR2008" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION END_OBJECT = DATA_SET END