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Mars Global Surveyor: MOLA PRDRs

April 27, 2007. This release includes new data acquired by MOLA in passive radiometry mode between January 1 and November 2, 2006. All products in this release are version "D", generated using improved orbit determinations. These are the last radiometry data acquired by MOLA, as contact with the MGS spacecraft was lost on November 2, 2006.

Precision Radiometry  Data Records

PRDRs contain data acquired by the MOLA instrument acting as a passive radiometer. After the failure of the MOLA laser in June 2001, the instrument continued to gather data in this passive mode. The data files are time-ordered ASCII tables with detached PDS labels. A detailed description of this product is found in the PDS catalog description file PRDRDS.CAT, in the Catalog directory of the archive volume.

PRDR Data Online

Use the links below for direct access to any part of the MOLA PRDR archive. Or follow this link for FTP access to this data set. (FTP users, read our FTP instructions first.)

AAREADME.TXT Introduction to the archive
ERRATA.TXT Notes and errata for the archive
INDEX directory An index to all PRDR products released so far
CATALOG directory PDS catalog information, including descriptions of the data set and instrument, along with references
MAPPING directory PRDR data from the mapping phase (Feb. 28, 1999 - June 30, 2001)
PASSIVE directory PRDR data collected in passive mode (Oct. 10, 2001 - Nov. 2, 2006)
DOCUMENT directory A paper describing the data set and its analysis
LABEL directory Format files that describe the columns in PRDR data files. PRDR labels refer to files in this directory using ^STRUCTURE keywords.
Root directory Top-level directory of the virtual volume

Online Tools

Mars Orbital Data Explorer - Provides search, display, and download  tools for this data set.

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