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IDENTIFIER | urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:irs.mr7::1.0 |
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INFRARED SPECTROMETER |
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SPECTROMETER |
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INSTRUMENT: INFRARED SPECTROMETER SPACECRAFT: MARINER 7 Instrument Information ====================== Instrument Id : IRS Instrument Host Id : MR7 Pi Pds User Id : GPIMENTEL Instrument Name : UNK Instrument Type : UNK Build Date : 1969 Instrument Mass : 17.400000 Instrument Length : 0.490000 Instrument Width : 0.230000 Instrument Height : 0.250000 Instrument Serial Number : UNK Instrument Manufacturer Name : UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Instrument Description ====================== The IRS instrument is comprised of a 10-inch Dall-Kirkham telescope feeding a pair of circular-variable filter (CVF) spectrometers. Channel 1 covers 4.0 to 14.3 microns, detected by a HgGe detector at 22K, cooled by a Joule-Thomson cryostat. Channel 2 covers 1.9-6.0 microns; detection is by a PbSe detector at 175K, with radiative cooling. Wavelength resolution is 0.5-1.0%. The filters were each comprised of two semicircular filters bonded together and accompanied by a matching set of blocking filters. Thus one rotation of the wheel covered roughly n to 2n and 2n to 4n in wavelength space. The spectral resolution varied between 0.7 to 1.1%. Two 'radiometer' slots were produced between the filter segments, twice per revolution, by rotating the blocking filter 0.01 degrees of arc relative to the CVF, allowing broadband light to fall on the detectors. Science Objectives ================== The IR Spectrometers were intended to determine the composition of the Mars atmosphere, including minor constituents. Operational Considerations ========================== It appears that the rate of rotation of the filter wheels is somewhat variable, producing a 'stretching' effect in the data. Calibration Description ======================= Pre-flight calibration of the IRS instruments consisted of obtaining spectra of blackbody sources at varying temperatures in the range 77-300K, as well as absorption spectra of NH3, CH4, H20, CO2, and polystyrene with a high-temperature source. During flight, spectra were obtained periodically of a reference thermal target and of polystyrene superimposed on the Mars spectrum. Refer to the instrument paper. Several blackbody calibration spectra at various target temperatures are available in the data file; they are the first spectra in the set, flagged by having negative spectrum numbers. Section 'CH1' ============= Total Fovs : 1 Data Rate : UNK Sample Bits : UNK 'CH1' Detectors --------------- CH1 'CH1' Electronics ----------------- IRS 'CH1' Filters ------------- LONGWAVE 'CH1' Section Optic IDs ----------------------- IRS In modes -------- OPERATING 'CH1' Section FOV Shape 'RECTANGULAR' ------------------------------------- Section Id : CH1 Fovs : 1 Horizontal Fov : 0.100000 Vertical Fov : 2.070000 'CH1' Section Parameter 'SPECTRAL INTENSITY' -------------------------------------------- The spectral 'Y axis' is proportional to raw instrument output, and therefore does not correspond to physical units such as radiance. Once the instrument response is removed from the spectra, and an allowance made for zero-level response, the data can be expressed in units of radiance. These corrections can be made using the laboratory blackbody and near-Mars sky spectra included in this data set. Instrument Parameter Name : SPECTRAL INTENSITY Sampling Parameter Name : WAVELENGTH Minimum Instrument Parameter : -10.000000 Maximum Instrument Parameter : 100.000000 Minimum Sampling Parameter : 3.900000 Maximum Sampling Parameter : 14.500000 Noise Level : UNK Sampling Parameter Interval : 0.016000 Sampling Parameter Resolution : 0.050000 Sampling Parameter Unit : MICROMETER Section 'CH2' ============= Total Fovs : 1 Data Rate : UNK Sample Bits : UNK 'CH2' Detectors --------------- CH2 'CH2' Electronics ----------------- IRS 'CH2' Filters ------------- SHORTWAVE 'CH2' Section Optic IDs ----------------------- IRS In modes -------- OPERATING 'CH2' Section FOV Shape 'RECTANGULAR' ------------------------------------- Section Id : CH1 Fovs : 1 Horizontal Fov : 0.100000 Vertical Fov : 2.070000 'CH2' Section Parameter 'SPECTRAL INTENSITY' -------------------------------------------- The spectral 'Y axis' is proportional to raw instrument output, and therefore does not correspond to physical units such as radiance. Once the instrument response is removed from the spectra, and an allowance made for zero-level response, the data can be expressed in units of radiance. These corrections can be made using the laboratory blackbody and near-Mars sky spectra included in this data set. Instrument Parameter Name : SPECTRAL INTENSITY Sampling Parameter Name : WAVELENGTH Minimum Instrument Parameter : -10.000000 Maximum Instrument Parameter : 100.000000 Minimum Sampling Parameter : 1.880000 Maximum Sampling Parameter : 6.000000 Noise Level : UNK Sampling Parameter Interval : 0.007000 Sampling Parameter Resolution : 0.030000 Sampling Parameter Unit : MICROMETER Instrument Detector 'CH1' ========================= Detector Type : HG:GE Detector Aspect Ratio : 0.200000 Minimum Wavelength : 3.900000 Maximum Wavelength : 14.500000 Nominal Operating Temperature : 22.000000 Description ----------- The Hg:Ge detectors were made by Santa Barbara Research Center, had an active area of 1 by 5 mm, and were bonded to a copper heat sink cooled by a two-stage (nitrogen and hydrogen) Joule-Thomson cryostat. Sensitivity ----------- The Mariner 7 Hg:Ge detector had a lab- measured sensitivity with a 500K source of 1.4 E-11 watt (noise equivalent power) and a D* (detectivity) of 2.73 E10. Instrument Detector 'CH2' ========================= Detector Type : PBSE Detector Aspect Ratio : 0.200000 Minimum Wavelength : 1.900000 Maximum Wavelength : 6.500000 Nominal Operating Temperature : 175.000000 Description ----------- The PbSe detectors were made by Santa Barbara Research Center, had an active area of 1 by 5 mm, and were bonded to an aluminum heat sink cooled by a 23 by 20 cm radiator plate. Sensitivity ----------- The Mariner 7 PbSe detector had a lab- measured sensitivity with a 500K source of 1.36 E-10 watt (NEP) and a D* (detectivity) of 2.6 E10. Instrument Electronics 'IRS' ============================ Description ----------- The incoming radiation for each detector was chopped by tuning forks, at 500 hz for channel 1 and 550 hz for channel 2. The modulated signal from each detector was fed directly to its preamp, which contained the detector bias circuit. The preamp input stage was an FET designed to provide high gain and low noise. The amplifiers were operated with both ac and dc feedback so that the gain and bandwidth would be relatively insensitive to internal component changes. Following the preamp were a synchronous filter, demodulator, log converter, output amplifier, science data multiplexer, and data analog to pulse width converter. For additional information, please refer to the instrument description reference: Applied Optics, 1972, 'Mariner Mars 1969 IR Spectrometer, vol. 11, p. 493' Instrument Filter '1 - LONGWAVE' ================================ Filter Name : LONGWAVE Filter Type : CIRCULAR-VARIABLE INTERFERENCE Minimum Wavelength : 3.900000 Maximum Wavelength : 14.400000 Description ----------- Wavelength calibration information in flight was derived from observations of polystyrene film, which has many absorption features in the range of interest. The polystyrene spectrum was superimposed on the target (Mars) spectrum each 12th time. Unfortunately, these spectra are unavailable at the present time in digital form. The spikes that occur in all the spectra are introduced by allowing broadband radiation onto the detector at certain rotational positions of the circular variable filters. Ostensibly, these spikes represent wavelength fiduciaries. Thus, for Mariner 7, the first spike is at 3.86 microns, the middle spike at 7.88. The longwave segment of CHANNEL 1 uses the middle spike as 7.37 microns and the third spike as 14.45. However, it will be found that the spikes do not relate reproducibly to the locations of atmospheric CO2 features; there is a small jitter in the relative locations. Wavelength information can also be derived from the known positions of these CO2 atmospheric features in the Mars data; this is probably the most accurate and dependable scheme. The supplier has generated coefficients that describe a linear fit to the wavelength scale, based on atmospheric features and the spikes. These appear in the headers for each spectrum. Note that the quality of the coefficients is variable and depends on the noise level and the method chosen for that spectrum. Refer to the instrument paper in Applied Optics for figures showing the wavelength variation of filter transmission and spectral resolution. Instrument Filter '2 - SHORTWAVE' ================================= Filter Name : SHORTWAVE Filter Type : CIRCULAR-VARIABLE INTERFERENCE Minimum Wavelength : 1.880000 Maximum Wavelength : 6.000000 Description ----------- Wavelength calibration information in flight was derived from observations of polystyrene film, which has many absorption features in the range of interest. The polystyrene spectrum was superimposed on the target (Mars) spectrum each 12th time. Unfortunately, these spectra are unavailable at the present time in digital form. The spikes that occur in all the spectra are introduced by allowing broadband radiation onto the detector at certain rotational positions of the circular variable filters. Ostensibly, these spikes represent wavelength fiduciaries. Thus, for Mariner 7, the spikes mark 1.88 microns and 3.69 microns for the shortwave part of channel 2, and 2.99 and 6.00 microns on the longwave side. It will be found that the spikes do not relate reproducibly to the locations of atmospheric CO2 features; there is a small jitter in the relative locations. Wavelength information can also be derived from the known positions of these CO2 atmospheric features in the Mars data; this is probably the most accurate and dependable scheme. The supplier has generated coefficients that describe a linear fit to the wavelength scale, based on atmospheric features and the spikes. These appear in the headers for each spectrum. Note that the quality of the coefficients is variable and depends on the noise level and the method chosen for that spectrum. Refer to the instrument paper in Applied Optics for figures showing the wavelength variation of filter transmission and spectral resolution. Instrument Optics 'IRS' ======================= Telescope Diameter : 0.248000 Telescope F Number : 2.000000 Telescope Focal Length : 0.498000 Telescope Resolution : UNK Telescope Serial Number : UNK Telescope T Number : UNK Telescope T Number Error : UNK Telescope Transmittance : 0.877000 Description ----------- The IRS instrument is comprised of a 10-inch Dall-Kirkham telescope feeding a pair of circular-variable filter spectrometers. The size of the instrument field of view (a slit) is 2.07 by 0.10 degrees, or 36.1 by 1.75 milliradians. Instrument Mode 'OPERATING' =========================== Data Path Type : REALTIME Instrument Power Consumption : 11.000000 In sections ----------- CH1 CH2 Description ----------- There are no separate operating modes for the IRS. Data were acquired continuously during encounter, with the instrument taking successive spectra in this sequence: blackbody reference target, five Mars, polystyrene wavelength calibrator + Mars, five Mars, reference target, etc. Mounted On Platform 'SCAN PLATFORM' =================================== Cone Offset Angle : UNK Cross Cone Offset Angle : UNK Twist Offset Angle : UNK Description ----------- Position of the IRS FOV relative to the television experiment (from Data Format Report, 1970): Cone Cross-cone TV-B -0 deg. 1'50'' +0 deg. 0'30'' TV-A +0 14'50'' +0 9'31'' IRS -3 53'12'' +1 33'42'' It is not stated for which spacecraft these values apply. The offset was intentional and is likely similar for both spacecraft. |
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REFERENCES |
Herr, K.C., P.B. Forney, and G.C. Pimentel, Mariner Mars
1969 IR Spectrometer, vol. 11, p. 493, 1972. Pimentel, G.C., and K.C. Herr, Infrared Spectrometer Mariner Mars 1969 - Data Format Report, vol. 11, Issue 44 (Berkeley) (Final report for JPL Contract 951722), 1970. |