MGS TES Time Sequential Data Product (TSDR)

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Values derived from spectra that include Mars in the field of view.  It contains one record for each valid calibrated radiance which includes the planet and for which any valid quantities could be derived.

Raw and calibrated visual and thermal bolometer measurements, and several properties derived from these measurements.  Six BOL table records are generated for each instrument scan; one for each detector.  When spectrometer data are temporally averaged, there can be up to 4 scans of bolometer data

Real and complex data from the FFT.  The complex data is only down-linked when requested, and can only be requested for a single detector per observation.  The CMP array contains 286 points (143 real, 143 complex) for a short scan, and 572 points (286 real, 286 complex) for a long scan.

Information about the sun/spacecraft/planet geometry in a format that is easily searchable.  These values are computed for every scan other than those that could not have targeted the planet (i.e., not for reference looks).  If the observation failed to hit the planet, some values can still be computed, and others are set to impossible fill values.

Raw interferogram data.  The interferogram data is only down-linked when requested, and can only be requested for a single detector per observation.  The IFG array contains 1600 points for a short scan, and 3200 points for a long scan.  The interferogram data array is stored in a variable length record.

Values derived from spectra that look at the limb of Mars.  It contains one record for each limb set (sequential observations that view the limb at different altitudes).  The aerosol information may include data from surface observations taken of the same geographic region at other times.

State of the instrument at the start of each observation.  One OBS record is generated for each observation.

Positions of the spacecraft and sun relative to the planet, the spacecraft’s orientation quaternion, and the Mars body quaternion, all relative to the J2000 system.  This data is initially derived from the project SPICE kernels, but may be corrected from other sources.  This table may also include interpolated values where SPICE data was unavailable.

Raw and calibrated observed radiances.  For each observation there can be up to 6 RAD records, one for each active spectrometer detector.

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TES team experimenter’s notebook

Table of values of aerosol spectral shapes used to fit the array of retrieved aerosol opacities

Table of values for center wavenumber for each of the six detectors when TES is operated in double scan mode