Data Set Information
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| DATA_SET_NAME |
MOLA PRECISION EXPERIMENT DATA RECORD ASCII TABLES
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| DATA_SET_ID |
MGS-M-MOLA-3-PEDR-ASCII-V1.0
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| NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID |
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| DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION |
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| DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION |
Data Set Overview : The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft included a laser altimeter instrument. The primary objective of the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) is to determine globally the topography of Mars at a level suitable for addressing problems in geology and geophysics. The primary MOLA standard data product is the Precision Experiment Data Record (PEDR). (See the description for the PEDR data set, data set ID MGS-M-MOLA-3-PEDR-L1A-V1.0.) PEDRs are stored in binary files that may be accessed only by using customized software. This PEDR ASCII table data set was created to provide access to the PEDR data without the need for special software. Data : One PEDR ASCII (i.e. plain text) table exists for each PEDR product. The ASCII table has the same name as the PEDR from which it was derived, with the extension 'TAB'. Each ASCII table is described by a detached PDS label. The ASCII tables contain those data fields from the PEDRs that are most likely to be of interest; some of the engineering data fields have been omitted from the ASCII tables. Processing : The PEDR ASCII tables were generated using the Fortran program PEDR2TAB developed by MOLA Science Team member Gregory Neumann. This software is distributed on the MOLA PEDR archive volumes and is available from the PDS Geosciences Node web site (http://wwwpds.wustl.edu) and the MOLA Team web site (http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/mola.html). The ASCII tables were generated at the Geophysics Subnode of the PDS Geosciences Node, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, by Jim Alexopoulos under the direction of Roger Phillips, MOLA Science Team member. Coordinate System : See the coordinate system discussion in the description of the PEDR data set. Software : See the Processing section above. Media/Format : The PEDR ASCII tables are distributed on the CD-ROM archive volume with the standard product PEDRs from which they are derived. They may also be available electronically via the PDS Geosciences Node web site at http://wwwpds.wustl.edu and the MOLA Science Team web site at http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/mola.html. The format of the ASCII tables is compatible with PDS standards for tabular data.
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| DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE |
1999-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
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| START_TIME |
1997-07-31T07:10:00.000Z
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| STOP_TIME |
N/A (ongoing)
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| MISSION_NAME |
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR
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| MISSION_START_DATE |
1994-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
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| MISSION_STOP_DATE |
2007-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
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| TARGET_NAME |
MARS
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| TARGET_TYPE |
PLANET
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| INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID |
MGS
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| INSTRUMENT_NAME |
MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER
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| INSTRUMENT_ID |
MOLA
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| INSTRUMENT_TYPE |
ALTIMETER
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| NODE_NAME |
Geosciences
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| ARCHIVE_STATUS |
SUPERSEDED
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| CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE |
See the confidence level note in the description of the PEDR data set.
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| CITATION_DESCRIPTION |
Phillips, R. J., MOLA PRECISION EXPERIMENT DATA RECORD ASCII TABLES, MGS-M-MOLA-3-PEDR-ASCII-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1999
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| ABSTRACT_TEXT |
The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft included a laser altimeter instrument. The primary objective of the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) is to determine globally the topography of Mars at a level suitable for addressing problems in geology and geophysics.
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| PRODUCER_FULL_NAME |
ROGER J. PHILLIPS
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| SEARCH/ACCESS DATA |
Geosciences Web Services
Geosciences Offline Storage
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