MRO MCS Experiment Data Record (EDR)

EDR – Experiment Data Record

PDS Data Set ID: MRO-M-MCS-2-EDR-V1.0 (at the link, MCS EDR data is under folders MROM_0***).

For more information about MCS EDR products, see the MCS EDR SIS.

The Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) Experiment Data Record (EDR) is a compilation of raw data from the spacecraft. The MCS software collects 192 sixteen-bit science measurements from the focal plane interface electronics every 2.048 seconds, along with associated instrument engineering and housekeeping measurements. The data are organized into data packets that are transmitted to the spacecraft at the same 2.048-second spacing. The data packets are downlinked to the MRO Ground Data System (GDS) and placed into the Raw Science Data Server (RSDS). MCS software queries the data from the RSDS and assembles them into EDR data tables, each covering a 4 hour time period.

MCS EDR products have the following file names:

yyyymmddhh_EDR.TAB (with detached PDS label)

where:

yyyymmdd = date

hh = hour

In ODE, EDR products have the following Product IDs:

YYYYMMDDHH_EDR.TAB