Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME MOLA INITIAL EXPERIMENT GRIDDED DATA RECORD
DATA_SET_ID MGS-M-MOLA-5-IEGDR-L3-V1.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID NULL
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION The Initial Experiment Gridded Data Record (IEGDR) archive (V1.0) contains preliminary versions of the MEGDRs, which are global topographic maps of Mars generated using MGS-MOLA altimetry data (superseded by MGS-M-MOLA-5-IEGDR-L3-V2.0).
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION
The IEGDR product is a global map of planetary radius, areiod,
topography, and number of observations, derived from MOLA PEDR products
and aggregated into latitude-longitude bins. The IEGDR is released in
two formats, an ASCII table and an image. The table (this data set) has
one row for each latitude-longitude bin, from 90 to -90 degrees latitude
and from 0 to 360 degrees longitude. Values for planetary radius, areoid,
topography, and number of observations per bin are stored as columns in
the table.
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 1999-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1997-09-15T07:10:00.000Z
STOP_TIME N/A (ongoing)
MISSION_NAME MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR
MISSION_START_DATE 1994-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 2007-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
TARGET_NAME
TARGET_TYPE
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID MGS
INSTRUMENT_NAME MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER
INSTRUMENT_ID MOLA
INSTRUMENT_TYPE ALTIMETER
NODE_NAME Geosciences
ARCHIVE_STATUS SUPERSEDED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE
N/A
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Smith, D. E., MOLA INITIAL EXPERIMENT GRIDDED DATA RECORD, MGS-M-MOLA-5-IEGDR-L3-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1999
ABSTRACT_TEXT The IEGDR product is a global map of planetary radius, areiod,topography, and number of observations, derived from MOLA PEDR products and aggregated into latitude-longitude bins. The IEGDR is released in two formats, an ASCII table and an image. The table (this data set) has one row for each latitude-longitude bin, from 90 to -90 degrees latitude and from 0 to 360 degrees longitude. Values for planetary radius, areoid, topography, and number of observations per bin are stored as columns in the table.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME not applicable
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