MSL data in the PDS and the Analyst's Notebook, Working with the archived science & engineering data |
MSL data in the PDS and the Analyst's Notebook, Working with the archived science & engineering data |
Feb 27 2013, 07:22 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10256 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"February 27, 2013. MSL Release 1, part 1, Sols 0-89.
The first release of MSL data takes place in two parts. Part 1, February 27, 2013, includes raw data products (EDRs) acquired on Sols 0 through 89, August 6 through November 5, 2012, for these instruments: APXS, ChemCam, DAN, Hazcam, Navcam, and REMS, along with SPICE data. Part 2, March 20, 2013, will include the derived data products (RDRs) for Sols 0 though 89 for the APXS, ChemCam, DAN, Hazcam, Navcam, and REMS instruments, along with both the EDRs and RDRs for the CheMin and RAD instruments, and the RDRs for the SAM instrument. Release 1 does not include data from the MAHLI, MARDI, or Mastcam instruments. These instrument teams have not yet delivered data products to PDS. Some documents in the MSL archives are awaiting clearance by JPL Document Review and/or the JPL Import/Export Control Office. They will be posted online as soon as clearance has been received, and announced on this web site." Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 11 2013, 10:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
Thanks! This may help more people to access the PDS data, and contribute to the debate.
I personally have been learning how to work with PDS data directly, and how to read and process them with spreadsheet or self-written software. I think, the underlying question is, how to interprete the REMS data correctly. Several of those questions have been answered during the recent EGU conference, e.g. the origin of the UV oscillations I mentioned before; they seem to be attributed to gravity waves, not to systematic errors as I've been suspecting as likely, surprising news (to me)! Or rover movements leading to changes of the measured area, less surprising, but important to consider. Difficult to understand are Brightness Temperature B data; jumps in the time series of e.g. UV data still have to be explained explicitely, afaik, most likely recalibrations, imho. |
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Apr 11 2013, 01:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2432 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
I think, the underlying question is, how to interpret the REMS data correctly.... I was sort of hoping that the "Processed Data" would have provided more insight to the well documented issues you and Joe have been debating, I have been following your discussion closely, sadly I do not have the knowledge to contribute. However, I have been learning much as it progresses... So lets hope the provision of the "Processed" REMS data does bring more people into this debate. Separately I was also hoping that the chart detailing the ground temperature (min / max) for the first 200 sols released at that EGU conference would have helped you and Joe to test / prove some of your theories / assumptions re the temperature of a target by understanding the brightness temperatures. I will continue to monitor this debate and hopefully learn a lot more along the way... Thanks |
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