PDS: The Planetary Atmospheres Node
Sep 24, 2006 (Ls 110.9, MY 28) to Jul 31, 2016 (Ls 20.4, MY 33) [ongoing]
Profiles of derived atmospheric temperature, and dust (21.6 μm) and water ice (11.9 μm) opacity per kilometer (km-1), from limb observations obtained with the MCS instrument on MRO. Uncertainty (error) bars for the derived temperatures are included. The MRO MCS DDR file within which the graphed data above are provided is available here.
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MRO MCS Derived Data Records (DDR) Version 4 (August 2015)
Note: The DERIVED Data Record (DDR) archive available here is referred to as Version 4. The previous Atmospheres Node DDR archive was referred to as Version 2. There is not and will not be a PDS Version 3 DDR archive.
This designation of Version 4 makes use of the same versioning designation that is employed by the MCS Team. Specification within published journal papers of MCS data versions employed have generally been referencing the MCS team versioning. The MCS PDS archive version is now synchronized with that of the MCS Team.
The DATASET.CAT document's description of version updates now uses the versioning format of the MCS Team. Previous DATASET.CAT files within the PDS archive used the PDS versioning format, but if you compare the currrent DATASET.CAT document with a previous document you will see that the descriptions of the updates are basically unchanged but the version number at which they were implemented has possibly changed.
This version of the data is signficantly more complete than previous versions in terms of the number of profiles and the coverage (both laterally and vertically). The major changes are the use of a climatological surface pressure (if pressure cannot be retrieved) and extending the vertical range over which aerosols are retrieved. The latter affects ice at all seasons and dust during large dust storms. In addition, an issue causing anomalously warm temperatures under conditions of large aerosol opacities was fixed. The detailed changes are listed in the DATASET.CAT file in the documents directory.
The data are packaged in an Earth-month Volume structure, with the data therein subdivided into individual Earth-day folders during the month and then into 6 data files per day, so each ASCII file contains 4 hours of time coverage, with one day's 6 files contained within a single day-of-month folder. Data are currently available from September 2006 (mrom_2001) through July 31, 2016 (mrom_2119).
The MCS team strongly recommends downloading the new version of the profiles for any research projects.
mrom_2001, mrom_2002, mrom_2003, mrom_2004, mrom_2005, mrom_2006, mrom_2007, mrom_2008, mrom_2009, mrom_2010, mrom_2011, mrom_2012, mrom_2013, mrom_2014, mrom_2015, mrom_2016, mrom_2017, mrom_2018, mrom_2019, mrom_2020, mrom_2021, mrom_2022, mrom_2023, mrom_2024, mrom_2025, mrom_2026, mrom_2027, mrom_2028, mrom_2029, mrom_2030, mrom_2031, mrom_2032, mrom_2033, mrom_2034, mrom_2035, mrom_2036, mrom_2040, mrom_2041, mrom_2042, mrom_2043, mrom_2044, mrom_2045, mrom_2046, mrom_2047, mrom_2048, mrom_2049, mrom_2050, mrom_2051, mrom_2052, mrom_2053, mrom_2054, mrom_2055, mrom_2056, mrom_2057, mrom_2058, mrom_2059, mrom_2060, mrom_2061, mrom_2062, mrom_2063, mrom_2064, mrom_2065, mrom_2066, mrom_2067, mrom_2068, mrom_2069, mrom_2070, mrom_2071, mrom_2072, mrom_2073, mrom_2074, mrom_2075, mrom_2076, mrom_2077, mrom_2078, mrom_2079, mrom_2080, mrom_2081, mrom_2082, mrom_2083, mrom_2084, mrom_2085, mrom_2086, mrom_2087, mrom_2088, mrom_2089, mrom_2090, mrom_2091, mrom_2092, mrom_2093, mrom_2094, mrom_2095, mrom_2096, mrom_2097, mrom_2098, mrom_2098, mrom_2099, mrom_2100, mrom_2101, mrom_2102, mrom_2103, mrom_2104, mrom_2105, mrom_2106, mrom_2107, mrom_2108, mrom_2109, mrom_2110, mrom_2111, mrom_2112, mrom_2113, mrom_2114, mrom_2115, mrom_2116, mrom_2117, mrom_2118, mrom_2119
NOTE: MCS data are NOT available for the months of September 2009, October 2009, and November 2009 (the 37th, 38th, and 39th months of the archive) because MCS was turned off during those months.
The previous MRO MCS Version 1 or Version 2 DDRs are available on request from Lyle Huber lhuber@nmsu.edu
mrom_1001, mrom_1002, mrom_1003, mrom_1004, mrom_1005, mrom_1006, mrom_1007, mrom_1008, mrom_1009, mrom_1010, mrom_1011, mrom_1012, mrom_1013, mrom_1014, mrom_1015, mrom_1016, mrom_1017, mrom_1018, mrom_1019, mrom_1020, mrom_1021, mrom_1022, mrom_1023, mrom_1024, mrom_1025, mrom_1026, mrom_1027, mrom_1028, mrom_1029, mrom_1030, mrom_1031, mrom_1032, mrom_1033, mrom_1034, mrom_1035, mrom_1036, mrom_1040, mrom_1041, mrom_1042, mrom_1043, mrom_1044, mrom_1045, mrom_1046, mrom_1047, mrom_1048, mrom_1049, mrom_1050, mrom_1051, mrom_1052, mrom_1053, mrom_1054, mrom_1055, mrom_1056, mrom_1057, mrom_1058, mrom_1059, mrom_1060, mrom_1061, mrom_1062, mrom_1063, mrom_1064, mrom_1065, mrom_1066, mrom_1067, mrom_1068, mrom_1069, mrom_1070, mrom_1071, mrom_1072, mrom_1073, mrom_1074, mrom_1075, mrom_1076, mrom_1077, mrom_1078, mrom_1079, mrom_1080, mrom_1081, mrom_1082, mrom_1083, mrom_1084, mrom_1085, mrom_1086, mrom_1087, mrom_1088, mrom_1089, mrom_1090, mrom_1091, mrom_1092, mrom_1093, mrom_1094, mrom_1095, mrom_1096, mrom_1097, mrom_1098, mrom_1099, mrom_1100, mrom_1101, mrom_1102, mrom_1103, mrom_1104, mrom_1105, mrom_1106, mrom_1107, mrom_1108, mrom_1109, mrom_1110, mrom_1111, mrom_1112, mrom_1113, mrom_1114, mrom_1115, mrom_1116, mrom_1117, mrom_1118, mrom_1119
MRO MCS raw Engineering Data Records (EDR) These volumes contain one month of raw Digital Number (DN) sensor-level data, as well as detector science measurements of scene views and of calibration targets. The first data volume/folder, mrom_0001 contains EDR data for September 2006, while the most recent available month's data, mrom_0119, contains EDR data from July 31, 2016. For a detailed dataset description see Dataset.cat
mrom_0001, mrom_0002, mrom_0003, mrom_0004, mrom_0005, mrom_0006, mrom_0007, mrom_0008, mrom_0009, mrom_0010, mrom_0011, mrom_0012, mrom_0013, mrom_0014, mrom_0015, mrom_0016, mrom_0017, mrom_0018, mrom_0019, mrom_0020, mrom_0021, mrom_0022, mrom_0023, mrom_0024, mrom_0025, mrom_0026, mrom_0027, mrom_0028, mrom_0029, mrom_0030, mrom_0031, mrom_0032, mrom_0033, mrom_0034, mrom_0035, mrom_0036, mrom_0040, mrom_0041, mrom_0042, mrom_0043, mrom_0044, mrom_0045, mrom_0046, mrom_0047, mrom_0048, mrom_0049, mrom_0050, mrom_0051, mrom_0052, mrom_0053, mrom_0054, mrom_0055, mrom_0056, mrom_0057, mrom_0058, mrom_0059, mrom_0060, mrom_0061, mrom_0062, mrom_0063, mrom_0064, mrom_0065, mrom_0066, mrom_0067, mrom_0068, mrom_0069, mrom_0070, mrom_0071, mrom_0072, mrom_0073, mrom_0074, mrom_0075, mrom_0076, mrom_0077, mrom_0078, mrom_0079, mrom_0080, mrom_0081, mrom_0082, mrom_0083, mrom_0084, mrom_0085, mrom_0086, mrom_0087, mrom_0088, mrom_0089, mrom_0090, mrom_0091, mrom_0092, mrom_0093, mrom_0094, mrom_0095, mrom_0096, mrom_0097, mrom_0098, mrom_0099, mrom_0100, mrom_0101, mrom_0102, mrom_0103, mrom_0104, mrom_0105, mrom_0106, mrom_0107, mrom_0108, mrom_0109, mrom_0110, mrom_0111, mrom_0112, mrom_0113, mrom_0114, mrom_0115, mrom_0116, mrom_0117, mrom_0118, mrom_0119
MRO MCS Derived Data Records (DDR) Version 4 (August 2015)
Note: The DERIVED Data Record (DDR) archive available here is referred to as Version 4. The previous Atmospheres Node DDR archive was referred to as Version 2. There is not and will not be a PDS Version 3 DDR archive.
This designation of Version 4 makes use of the same versioning designation that is employed by the MCS Team. Specification within published journal papers of MCS data versions employed have generally been referencing the MCS team versioning. The MCS PDS archive version is now synchronized with that of the MCS Team.
The DATASET.CAT document's description of version updates now uses the versioning format of the MCS Team. Previous DATASET.CAT files within the PDS archive used the PDS versioning format, but if you compare the currrent DATASET.CAT document with a previous document you will see that the descriptions of the updates are basically unchanged but the version number at which they were implemented has possibly changed.
This version of the data is signficantly more complete than previous versions in terms of the number of profiles and the coverage (both laterally and vertically). The major changes are the use of a climatological surface pressure (if pressure cannot be retrieved) and extending the vertical range over which aerosols are retrieved. The latter affects ice at all seasons and dust during large dust storms. In addition, an issue causing anomalously warm temperatures under conditions of large aerosol opacities was fixed. The detailed changes are listed in the DATASET.CAT file in the documents directory.
The data are packaged in an Earth-month Volume structure, with the data therein subdivided into individual Earth-day folders during the month and then into 6 data files per day, so each ASCII file contains 4 hours of time coverage, with one day's 6 files contained within a single day-of-month folder. Data are currently available from September 2006 (mrom_2001) through July 31, 2016 (mrom_2119).
The MCS team strongly recommends downloading the new version of the profiles for any research projects.
mrom_2001, mrom_2002, mrom_2003, mrom_2004, mrom_2005, mrom_2006, mrom_2007, mrom_2008, mrom_2009, mrom_2010, mrom_2011, mrom_2012, mrom_2013, mrom_2014, mrom_2015, mrom_2016, mrom_2017, mrom_2018, mrom_2019, mrom_2020, mrom_2021, mrom_2022, mrom_2023, mrom_2024, mrom_2025, mrom_2026, mrom_2027, mrom_2028, mrom_2029, mrom_2030, mrom_2031, mrom_2032, mrom_2033, mrom_2034, mrom_2035, mrom_2036, mrom_2040, mrom_2041, mrom_2042, mrom_2043, mrom_2044, mrom_2045, mrom_2046, mrom_2047, mrom_2048, mrom_2049, mrom_2050, mrom_2051, mrom_2052, mrom_2053, mrom_2054, mrom_2055, mrom_2056, mrom_2057, mrom_2058, mrom_2059, mrom_2060, mrom_2061, mrom_2062, mrom_2063, mrom_2064, mrom_2065, mrom_2066, mrom_2067, mrom_2068, mrom_2069, mrom_2070, mrom_2071, mrom_2072, mrom_2073, mrom_2074, mrom_2075, mrom_2076, mrom_2077, mrom_2078, mrom_2079, mrom_2080, mrom_2081, mrom_2082, mrom_2083, mrom_2084, mrom_2085, mrom_2086, mrom_2087, mrom_2088, mrom_2089, mrom_2090, mrom_2091, mrom_2092, mrom_2093, mrom_2094, mrom_2095, mrom_2096, mrom_2097, mrom_2098, mrom_2098, mrom_2099, mrom_2100, mrom_2101, mrom_2102, mrom_2103, mrom_2104, mrom_2105, mrom_2106, mrom_2107, mrom_2108, mrom_2109, mrom_2110, mrom_2111, mrom_2112, mrom_2113, mrom_2114, mrom_2115, mrom_2116, mrom_2117, mrom_2118, mrom_2119
NOTE: MCS data are NOT available for the months of September 2009, October 2009, and November 2009 (the 37th, 38th, and 39th months of the archive) because MCS was turned off during those months.
The previous MRO MCS Version 1 or Version 2 DDRs are available on request from Lyle Huber lhuber@nmsu.edu
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MRO MCS Reduced Data Records (RDR)
These volumes contain the reduced data where the reduction is from DNs to physical units. (radiance measurements, for instance). The first data folder, mrom_1001, contains data for September 2006, while the most recent available month's data, mrom_1119, contains data from July 31, 2016. For a detailed dataset description see Dataset.cat.
mrom_1001, mrom_1002, mrom_1003, mrom_1004, mrom_1005, mrom_1006, mrom_1007, mrom_1008, mrom_1009, mrom_1010, mrom_1011, mrom_1012, mrom_1013, mrom_1014, mrom_1015, mrom_1016, mrom_1017, mrom_1018, mrom_1019, mrom_1020, mrom_1021, mrom_1022, mrom_1023, mrom_1024, mrom_1025, mrom_1026, mrom_1027, mrom_1028, mrom_1029, mrom_1030, mrom_1031, mrom_1032, mrom_1033, mrom_1034, mrom_1035, mrom_1036, mrom_1040, mrom_1041, mrom_1042, mrom_1043, mrom_1044, mrom_1045, mrom_1046, mrom_1047, mrom_1048, mrom_1049, mrom_1050, mrom_1051, mrom_1052, mrom_1053, mrom_1054, mrom_1055, mrom_1056, mrom_1057, mrom_1058, mrom_1059, mrom_1060, mrom_1061, mrom_1062, mrom_1063, mrom_1064, mrom_1065, mrom_1066, mrom_1067, mrom_1068, mrom_1069, mrom_1070, mrom_1071, mrom_1072, mrom_1073, mrom_1074, mrom_1075, mrom_1076, mrom_1077, mrom_1078, mrom_1079, mrom_1080, mrom_1081, mrom_1082, mrom_1083, mrom_1084, mrom_1085, mrom_1086, mrom_1087, mrom_1088, mrom_1089, mrom_1090, mrom_1091, mrom_1092, mrom_1093, mrom_1094, mrom_1095, mrom_1096, mrom_1097, mrom_1098, mrom_1099, mrom_1100, mrom_1101, mrom_1102, mrom_1103, mrom_1104, mrom_1105, mrom_1106, mrom_1107, mrom_1108, mrom_1109, mrom_1110, mrom_1111, mrom_1112, mrom_1113, mrom_1114, mrom_1115, mrom_1116, mrom_1117, mrom_1118, mrom_1119
MRO MCS raw Engineering Data Records (EDR) These volumes contain one month of raw Digital Number (DN) sensor-level data, as well as detector science measurements of scene views and of calibration targets. The first data volume/folder, mrom_0001 contains EDR data for September 2006, while the most recent available month's data, mrom_0119, contains EDR data from July 31, 2016. For a detailed dataset description see Dataset.cat
mrom_0001, mrom_0002, mrom_0003, mrom_0004, mrom_0005, mrom_0006, mrom_0007, mrom_0008, mrom_0009, mrom_0010, mrom_0011, mrom_0012, mrom_0013, mrom_0014, mrom_0015, mrom_0016, mrom_0017, mrom_0018, mrom_0019, mrom_0020, mrom_0021, mrom_0022, mrom_0023, mrom_0024, mrom_0025, mrom_0026, mrom_0027, mrom_0028, mrom_0029, mrom_0030, mrom_0031, mrom_0032, mrom_0033, mrom_0034, mrom_0035, mrom_0036, mrom_0040, mrom_0041, mrom_0042, mrom_0043, mrom_0044, mrom_0045, mrom_0046, mrom_0047, mrom_0048, mrom_0049, mrom_0050, mrom_0051, mrom_0052, mrom_0053, mrom_0054, mrom_0055, mrom_0056, mrom_0057, mrom_0058, mrom_0059, mrom_0060, mrom_0061, mrom_0062, mrom_0063, mrom_0064, mrom_0065, mrom_0066, mrom_0067, mrom_0068, mrom_0069, mrom_0070, mrom_0071, mrom_0072, mrom_0073, mrom_0074, mrom_0075, mrom_0076, mrom_0077, mrom_0078, mrom_0079, mrom_0080, mrom_0081, mrom_0082, mrom_0083, mrom_0084, mrom_0085, mrom_0086, mrom_0087, mrom_0088, mrom_0089, mrom_0090, mrom_0091, mrom_0092, mrom_0093, mrom_0094, mrom_0095, mrom_0096, mrom_0097, mrom_0098, mrom_0099, mrom_0100, mrom_0101, mrom_0102, mrom_0103, mrom_0104, mrom_0105, mrom_0106, mrom_0107, mrom_0108, mrom_0109, mrom_0110, mrom_0111, mrom_0112, mrom_0113, mrom_0114, mrom_0115, mrom_0116, mrom_0117, mrom_0118, mrom_0119
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