MSL data in the PDS and the Analyst's Notebook, Working with the archived science & engineering data Options

[Phil Stooke]

"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

[Phil Stooke]

"MAHLI, MARDI, and Mastcam data are still undergoing PDS peer review by the PDS Imaging Node. The data are in lien resolution. When the major liens have been resolved the data will be posted on the Imaging Node web site (link below)."

You'll have to wait a wee bit longer for these goodies, however.

Phil

[mcaplinger]

You'll have to wait a wee bit longer for these goodies, however.

From http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/ "The Imaging Node is pleased to announce the release of Mastcam, MAHLI, and MARDI EDRs and RDRs for Sols 0-179."

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/msl/M...R_RDR_DPSIS.PDF would be a good document to read first.

[mcaplinger]

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/msl/M...R_RDR_DPSIS.PDF would be a good document to read first.

BTW, the simplest way to use the archive products would be to stick with the EDRs, which for all JPEG compressed images (the vast majority) just consist of the JPEG data as we received it from Mars, with a simple header containing critical metadata at the beginning. I'd use only that metadata to get the SCLK, exposure time, filter, and other image parameters (ignoring the detached label), and continue to use the SPICE data for all the pointing information. IMHO getting the other metadata from the MMM archive products isn't going to be any better than using SPICE, but will likely be harder, especially if you've already written SPICE code.

Depending on what you're trying to do, doing your own processing might be as easy as using the RDRs, but that's a determination you have to make for yourself.
All of the information we use to make RDRs should be on the volumes.