DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION |
Data Set Overview
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All PROFILE data are packaged by periapsis number for each
aerobraking orbit. PROFILE data are provided at one second resolution
in a table labeled Pyyy.tab where 'yyy' is the three digit periapsis
number.
Parameters
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Time from periapsis: Units = seconds
Latitude: Units = degrees
Longitude: Units = degrees
Local Solar Time: Units = hours
Solar Zenith Angle: Units = degrees
Altitude for 1-sec. data: Units = km
Density, 1 sec.: Units = kg/km**3
Sigma 1 sec. density: Units = kg/km**3
Altitude for 39-sec. data: Units = km
Density, 39 sec.: Units = kg/km**3
Sigma 39 sec. density: Units = kg/km**3
Data
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For each orbit, PROFILE data consist of an n-by-11 array in the file
Pyyy, where n is the number of seconds of data received during the
aerobraking pass. Column 1 contains the time from periapsis. Columns
2 through 11 contain Latitude, Longitude, Local Solar Time, Solar Zenith
Angle, Altitude for 1 Second Density, 1 Second Density, Sigma for 1
Second Density, Altitude for 39 Second Density, 39 sec. Density and
Sigma for 39 Second Density.
Processing
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Accelerometer data were processed in the PROFILE stage through several
steps and the entire process with examples is given in [TOLSONETAL2007]
First, traditional Euler terms were removed body angular rates. During
operations,no attempt was made to synchronize data or to remove the
effects of thruster firings. Because of the considerable wave structure
in the density data, which do not represent the 'mean' thermosphere, a
second data set is also archived. A 39 point running mean of the 1
second density is the final data product. Data are included for only
those times following the final negative 1 sec. density inbound, and
prior to the first negative density value outbound. These negative
densities values arise due to the offsets and biases of the system at
small accelerations.
Coordinate System
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Latitude and longitude are in the IAU Mars Centered Mars Equatorial
System. Altitude is above the IAU reference ellipsoid, with a=3396.19 km
and f=0.005886.
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