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MGS Laser Altimeter Passive
Radiometry Measurements
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Citation |
Smith, D., G. Neumann, E. A. Guinness,
and S. Slavney, Mars Global Surveyor Laser Altimeter Precision
Radiometry Data Record, NASA Planetary Data System,
MGS-M-MOLA-3-PRDR-L1A-V1.0, 2004. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) |
10.17189/1519490
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Data Set Abstract |
The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
not only provides surface topography from the laser pulse
time-of-flight, but also two radiometric measurements, the active
measurement of transmitted and reflected laser pulse energy, and the
passive measurement of reflected solar illumination. The passive
radiometry measurement is accomplished in a novel fashion by
monitoring the noise density at the output of the photodetector and
solving for the amount of background light. The passive radiometry
measurements provide images of Mars at 1064-nm wavelength over a 2 nm
bandwidth with sub-km spatial resolution and with 2% or better
precision under full illumination. |
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Additional Information |
Mission Information |
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR
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Data Set Information |
MGS-M-MOLA-3-PRDR-L1A-V1.0 |
Instrument Host Information |
MGS
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Instrument Information |
MOLA
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Target Information |
MARS
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