MESSENGER MDIS Narrow Angle Camera (MDIS-NAC)

ODE:Mercury, Venus

Mission:MESSENGER

Instrument: MESSENGER MDIS

PDS Geosciences Node: PDS Source Information

The MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument consists of two cameras, a multispectral Wide Angle Camera (WAC) and a monochrome Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), mounted on a common pivot platform. MDIS data will be used to construct a global image base map, a digital terrain model, global maps of color properties, and mosaics of high-resolution image strips.

MESSENGER MDIS-NAC Products:

Type	Description	PDS4 Bundle Collection
EDRNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Experiment Data Record. For more information: MDIS EDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_1001:nac_edr
CDRNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Calibrated Data Record. For more information: MDIS CDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_2001:nac_cdr
DDRNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Derived Data Record. For more information: MDIS DDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_3001:nac_ddr
RTMNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Map-projected Regional Targeted Mosaics. For more information: MDIS RTM Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_8001:rtm_rdr
DEMNAC	MDIS Digital Elevation Model. For more information: MDIS DEM Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_dem_1001:elev

The MDIS data sets are archived at the PDS Imaging Node. In addition to ODE, you may also search MDIS images through the PDS Cartography and Imaging Sciences Discipline Node's various search tools. The ODE website complements the PDS Cartography and Imaging Sciences Discipline Node's Atlas website by providing cross mission and instrument searches for imaging and non-imaging data products.

ACT-REACT QuickMap allows users to explore images and data from MESSENGER's orbital mission. Once data are publically available at the PDS, the images are also available to be explored here in QuickMap. An online tutorial for using ACT-REACT QuickMap is available at https://messenger-act.actgate.com/msgr_public_released/act_docs/qmap.pdf .

MESSENGER MDIS Data Users Workshop, 44th LPSC, March 17th, 2013:

• Overview of the MESSENGER Mission, MDIS Instrument, and Imaging Campaigns (PDF)

• MDIS Calibration Workshop (PDF)

• Finding MESSENGER MDIS Data in the PDS (PDF)

• Fast & Easy Interface to MESSENGER Mission Data (PDF) - ACT-REACT QuickMap overview.

• ISIS Guide to Working with MESSENGER MDIS Data (PDF) - Provides an introduction to the U.S. Geological Survey's ISIS3 software and demonstrates its use in processing of MESSENGER MDIS data.

• ISIS Demos and Materials for MDIS Data Users

• ISIS Support Board for MDIS

More information about MDIS can be found in:

• Hawkins, S. E., et al., 2007, The Mercury Dual Imaging System on the MESSENGER Spacecraft, Space Science Reviews, 131, p. 247-338, doi: 10.1007/s11214-007-9266-3.