PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = FIXED_LENGTH RECORD_BYTES = 80 OBJECT = TEXT INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII PUBLICATION_DATE = 2001-10-03 NOTE = "N/A" END_OBJECT = TEXT END Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team Science Data Products Archive (MGS-M-RSS-5-SDP-V1.0) AAREADME.TXT 3 October 2001 R.A. Simpson Stanford University ============================================================================== INTRODUCTION ============================================================================== This compact disc contains archival radio science results from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) mission. This is one of several such discs -- issued at three to six month intervals -- containing results from radio occultation, gravity, and participating scientist investigations carried out by members of the MGS Radio Science Team (RST). The archive was prepared under standards of the Planetary Data System (PDS). Radio measurements were made using the MGS spacecraft and Earth-based stations of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). Radio tracking data were collected for use in generating high-resolution gravity field models. Measurements of the amplitude and phase of the radio signal were used to infer the density and structure of Mars' atmosphere and ionosphere and the reflecting properties of Mars' surface. Data are organized in approximately chronological order. Delay in receipt of ancillary files required for processing (or reprocessing of data with different ancillary files, parameters, or algorithms) results in some files being out of strict chronological order. And processing priorities may result in deviations from strict chronological order. A table of contents is included with each volume, listing each file in the volume; a separate table of contents shows all files within the data set. The table immediately below lists the individual volumes (CDs) created to date and (very briefly) their respective contents. More detail is provided in the section Summary of Volume Contents. VOLUME_ID Start Date End Date Notes --------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------------- MORS_1001 1998-01-24 (98/024) 1998-04-28 (98/118) First occultation season MORS_1002 1998-04-29 (98/119) 1998-09-30 (98/273) Gravity data through SPO MORS_1003 1998-10-01 (98/274) 1999-03-31 (99/090) Early Mapping results MORS_1004 1999-04-01 (99/091) 1999-11-08 (99/312) 7 months of Mapping MORS_1005 1999-03-09 (99/068) 1999-03-27 (99/076) Fixed HGA occultations MORS_1006 1999-03-09 (99/068) 2000-03-27 (00/087) Mapping MORS_1007 1998-12-24 (98/358) 1999-05-29 (99/149) AB-2 EDS and Mapping SRx MORS_1008 1999-05-06 (99/126) 2000-02-29 (00/060) GMM2B grav; 1999 TPS,SRx MORS_1009 1998-03-28 (98/087) 2000-09-29 (00/273) MGS75E gravity MORS_1010 1999-03-09 (99/068) 2000-02-07 (00/038) ionosphere, atmos occns MORS_1011 2000-11-01 (00/306) 2000-12-31 (00/366) ion/atm occns Nov-Dec 00 MORS_1012 1999-12-19 (99/353) 2000-01-31 (00/031) AB-2 SRx MORS_1013 2000-02-01 (00/032) 2000-03-31 (00/091) Mapping SRx 2000-08-01 (00/214) 2000-10-31 (00/305) Mapping TPS (ingress) MORS_1014 2001-01-01 (01/001) 2001-03-31 (00/090) Mapping SRx ============================================================================== VOLUME SET INFORMATION ============================================================================== This disc is one of several which contain reduced data from MGS radio science investigations. Each archive volume has the general structure illustrated in the diagram below. Not all directories or files will be present on every disc, however. For example, only four data directories are included on the first two volumes (MORS_1001 and MORS_1002). In cases where the directory contains no files, the directory itself has been omitted from the CD-WO volume. More information on the organization of the CD can be found in the Software Interface Specification (SIS) for the data set in the DOCUMENT directory (file RSADCSDP.TXT). Data types from radio occultation observations include atmospheric temperature-pressure profiles at both standard (data type TPS) and high resolution (TPH), occultation summary files for standard (OCS) and high- resolution (OCH) data, and electron density profiles at both standard (EDS) and high resolution (EDH). Data types from radio-tracking observations include spherical harmonic models of the gravity field in ASCII (SHA) and binary (SHB) formats, maps and images based on spherical harmonic models (IMG), and line-of-sight acceleration profiles (LOS). Data types from Participating Scientist investigations include Surface Reflection Tables (SRT), Surface Reflection Images (SRI), and Surface Reflection Geometry (SRG) files. Files in the browse directory (BRO), if included, are snapshots of other products included in this volume. The diagram below shows the organization of this volume, starting from the root of the compact disc. root | |- AAREADME.TXT |- ERRATA.TXT |- VOLDESC.CAT | |- CATALOG | | | |- CATINFO.TXT Streamlined PDS catalog files | |- MISSION.CAT for mission, host, instrument, | |- INSTHOST.CAT references, personnel, data | |- INST.CAT set, target, and data set map | |- REF.CAT projection (files evolve as | |- PERSON.CAT the mission progresses). | |- DATASET.CAT | |- TARGET.CAT | `- DSMAP2.CAT | |- DOCUMENT | | | |- DOCINFO.TXT Overview of directory | |- RSADCSDP.TXT SIS document for the data set | |- RSTP.TXT SIS for TPS and TPH file types | |- OCCSUM.TXT SIS for OCS and OCH file types | |- LOSAPDR.TXT SIS for LOS file type | |- SHADR.TXT SIS for SHA file type | |- SHBDR.TXT SIS for SHB file type | |- RSDMAP.TXT SIS for IMG file type | |- EDS.TXT SIS for data types EDH and EDS | |- SRX.TXT SIS for data types SRG, SRI, and SRT | |- OCCLOGM3.TAB Data acquisition parameters (1999-2001) | `- OCCLOGM3.LBL Detached PDS label for OCCLOGM3.TAB | |- INDEX | | | |- INDXINFO.TXT Overview of directory | |- INDEX.LBL Label to INDEX.TAB | |- INDEX.TAB List of data file contents, this volume | |- CUMINDEX.LBL Label to CUMINDEX.TAB | `- CUMINDEX.TAB List of data file contents, all volumes | | | DATA DIRECTORIES | |- SRG Surface Reflection Geometry | | | |- ydddHmmC.SRG Geometry for surface reflection (naming | |- ydddHmmC.LBL as for TPS files); PDS label. | |- ... (repeated for 762 geometries) | `- ... ... | |- SRI Surface Reflection Image | | | |- ydddHmmC.SRI Image for surface reflection (naming | |- ydddHmmC.LBL as for TPS files); PDS label. | |- ... (repeated for 793 reflections) | `- ... ... | |- SRT Surface Reflection Table | |- ydddHmmC.SRT Table for surface reflection (naming |- ydddHmmC.LBL as for TPS files); PDS label. |- ... (repeated for 793 reflections) `- ... ... To locate specific data files within the volume set, users should consult CUMINDEX.TAB in the INDEX directory of the highest numbered volume available. All files appearing in data directories (e.g., IMG, SHA) will be listed in INDEX.TAB for the volume and in CUMINDEX.TAB for the volume set. For purposes of indexing, BRO files are considered data and will appear in these files. Files in other directories (e.g., CATALOG, DIRECTORY) generally appear on many volumes. They are described in a *INFO.TXT file within their directory; they do not appear in INDEX.TAB or CUMINDEX.TAB. ============================================================================== ERRATA ============================================================================== A cumulative list of errors and changes is maintained in the file ERRATA.TXT at the root level of each volume. ERRATA.TXT in higher numbered volumes (or higher version numbers) will have errors for earlier volumes. ============================================================================== DISC FORMAT ============================================================================== The disc is organized according to the PDS standard for "one data set, many volumes." This file (AAREADME.TXT), a PDS volume object definition (VOLDESC.CAT), and the listing of errors and changes (ERRATA.TXT) are included at the root level. The following directories of descriptive material are also at the root level: CATALOG contains descriptive files for cataloging the data on this disc. DOCUMENT contains a plain text Software Interface Specification (SISs) for the data set and for each component file type, a table of data acquisition parameters, and other documentation. INDEX contains index information (table of contents) on each of the data files included in this disc; it also includes a cumulative index to all files in this set of discs. The remaining directories at the root level contain data files and detached PDS labels. ============================================================================== FILE FORMAT ============================================================================== All data files on the disc are accompanied by detached PDS labels, which describe their contents. PDS TEXT objects have attached labels. Detached labels have the same file name as the data file except that the label name has the suffix "LBL". The label fully describes the format and content of its associated file. Detached labels use pointers to reference the data file -- for example, ^IMAGE = "JGM50C01.IMG" points to JGM50C01.IMG, which contains the actual image described by the label. Some data files contain more than one structure. For example, ^RSTP_HDR_TABLE = ("8028D38A.TPS",1) ^RSTP_TABLE = ("8028D38A.TPS",4) are pointers to the file 8028D38A.TPS which contains two tables, one beginning at record 1 and one beginning at record 4. Additional documentation on all data file types is available in Software Interface Specifications in the DOCUMENT directory. Text files, including data files of ASCII text and all labels (*.LBL files) and tables (*.TAB files), are delimited with carriage-return (ASCII 13) line-feed (ASCII 10) pairs at the end of each line. PostScript (*.PS and *.PS1 files) and TeX files (*.TEX files) also have records delimited by carriage-return line-feed pairs. Detached labels and text files (*.TXT file names) have fixed length records of 80 bytes to facilitate their use as either fixed-length record files or as stream files with carriage-return line-feed delimiters. Catalog files (*.CAT files) have fixed length records of 72 bytes ending with a carriage-return line-feed pair. The VOLDESC.CAT file in the root is an exception; it has 80 byte fixed-length records. ============================================================================== SUMMARY OF VOLUME CONTENTS ============================================================================== MORS_1014 includes 793 sets of three files from the surface reflection investigation based on data collected during January, February, and March 2001. The surface reflection files are in directories SRG (geometry), SRI (image), and SRT (tabulated results). Latitudes sampled include approximately 73S (egress) and 72-86N (ingress). Many more ingress occultations were captured during this period because of HGA pointing limitations in Beta Supplement mode. Note that several observations were captured simultaneously at two ground stations; so there are only 762 SRG files. ============================================================================== SOFTWARE ============================================================================== No software is included with this data set. ============================================================================== CITATIONS ============================================================================== Users wishing to cite products in this volume should use the following volume information: Authors: G.L. Tyler, G. Balmino, D.P. Hinson, W.L. Sjogren, D.E. Smith, R. Woo, J.W. Armstrong, F.M. Flasar, R.A. Simpson, and P. Priest Editor: R.A. Simpson Volume Set Name: MGS RST Science Data Products Volume: USA_NASA_JPL_MORS_1014 Data Set ID: MGS-M-RSS-5-SDP-V1.0 Publisher: NASA Planetary Data System Year: 2001 ============================================================================== ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ============================================================================== These data were collected under auspices of the Mars Global Surveyor Project. G. Leonard Tyler of Stanford University was the Radio Science Team Leader. Members of the Team and its support elements involved in data acquisition and validation included Patricia Priest, Sami Asmar, Aseel Anabtawi, Elias Barbinis, Tim Smith, Paula Eshe, William Sjogren, Frank Lemoine, and Joe Twicken. At PDS the assistance of Joel Wilf, Lyle Huber, and Ed Guinness was appreciated. ============================================================================== DISCLAIMER ============================================================================== Although considerable care has gone into making this volume set, errors are possible. Reports of errors or difficulties would be appreciated. Please contact one of the persons listed below. ============================================================================== COGNIZANT PERSONNEL ============================================================================== The person most directly responsible for construction and release of this volume set was Dick Simpson, Experiment Engineer for the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team and Radio Science Advisor to the Planetary Data System. Although many people contributed to the volume set, any faults in the product are his alone. G. Leonard Tyler was the Leader of the MGS Radio Science Team. Richard A. Simpson Center for Radar Astronomy Packard Building - Room 332 350 Serra Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-9515 Tel: 650-723-3525 FAX: 650-723-9251 rsimpson@magellan.stanford.edu G. Leonard Tyler Center for Radar Astronomy Packard Building - Room 331 350 Serra Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-9515 Tel: 650-723-3535 FAX: 650-723-9251 len.tyler@stanford.edu ============================================================================== ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ============================================================================== CD Compact Disc BRO Browse directory DSN Deep Space Network EDH Electron Density Profile (high resolution) (directory and files) EDS Electron Density Profile (standard resolution) (directory and files) IMG Radio Science Digital Map (RSDMAP Product) IPS Intensity Power Spectra (directory and files) MGS Mars Global Surveyor OCH Occultation Summary File (high resolution products) OCS Occultation Summary File (standard resolution products) PDS Planetary Data System RSS Radio Science Subsystem RST Radio Science Team SDP Science Data Products SHA Spherical Harmonic Model (ASCII format) SHB Spherical Harmonic Model (binary format) SIS Software Interface Specification SRG Surface Reflection Geometry (directory and files) SRI Surface Reflection Image (directory and files) SRT Surface Reflection Table (directory and files) TPH Temperature-Pressure Profile (high resolution processing) TPS Temperature-Pressure Profile (standard resolution) WO Write Once