Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) PDS Archive Bundle LID = urn:nasa:pds:lro.crater Bundle Description ================== Overview -------- This bundle contains calibrated (CDR) and derived (DDR) data from the CRaTER instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Future versions of the bundle will also include raw (EDR) data from CRaTER. Each of these three processing levels includes housekeeping (HK), primary science (PRI), and secondary science (SEC) data. The Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) is a stacked detector-absorber cosmic-ray telescope designed to answer key questions to enable future human exploration of the Solar System. CRaTER's primary measurement goal is to measure directly the lineal energy transfer (LET or 'y') spectra caused by space radiation penetrating and interacting with shielding material. Such measured LET spectra are frequently unavailable. In the absence of measurements, numerical models are used to provide estimates of LET -- the reliability of the models require experimental measurements to provide a ground truth. Version History --------------- Bundle Modification Version Date Description ------- ------------ --------------------------------------------------- 1.0 2023-05-07 Original version of bundle migrated from PDS3 archive, containing calibrated and derived data. 1.1 2023-06-13 LRO CRaTER Release 54 (2023-06-15). Incremental release with added coverage 2023-01-01 to 2023-03-31. 1.2 2023-08-31 LRO CRaTER Release 55 (2023-09-15). Incremental release with added coverage 2023-04-01 to 2023-06-30. 1.3 2023-12-12 LRO CRaTER Release 56 (2023-12-15). Incremental release with added coverage 2023-07-01 to 2023-09-30. 1.4 2024-03-14 LRO CRaTER Release 57 (2024-03-15). Incremental release with added coverage 2023-10-01 to 2023-12-31. 1.5 2024-06-14 LRO CRaTER Release 58 (2024-06-14). Incremental release with added coverage 2024-01-01 to 2024-03-31. Important Notes to Users ======================== These data were migrated in 2024 from the PDS3 archive. The calibrated (CDR) and derived (DDR) data files were unchanged (with one exception - see below), but their labels (*.xml) are new to the PDS4 archive. Future expanded versions of this bundle are planned; these will include PDS4 versions of the raw (EDR) data from the PDS3 archive, as well as calibration files and other relevant information. Users interested in the EDR data, and in the PDS3 versions of calibration and other files, can find them in the PDS3 CRaTER archive, which consists of three data sets available via the PPI Node's website (https://pds-ppi.igpp.ucla.edu). In the original PDS3 data sets, the data files from 2016 DOY 342 contained occasional incomplete records and did not have PDS3 labels. These issues have been corrected in this PDS4 bundle. The following files were changed due to this correction: CRAT_L1_HK_2016342_V01.TAB CRAT_L1_PRI_2016342_V01.TAB CRAT_L1_SEC_2016342_V01.TAB CRAT_L2_HK_2016342_V01.TAB CRAT_L2_PRI_2016342_V01.TAB CRAT_L2_SEC_2016342_V01.TAB The PDS3 archive of CRaTER data also contains some supplementary files that were not included in this PDS4 bundle. These files consist of software and pipeline logs related to the data. These files are now in a separate bundle, named lro-crater-supp-annex, in the PPI Node data annex. Bundle Contents =============== Collections ----------- This bundle currently includes six data collections and two other collections. The data collections are: * Calibrated Housekeeping data Calibrated (Level 1) housekeeping data from the CRaTER instrument aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. * Calibrated Primary Science data Calibrated (Level 1) primary science data from the CRaTER instrument aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. * Calibrated Secondary Science data Calibrated (Level 1) secondary science and engineering data from the CRaTER instrument aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. * Derived Housekeeping data Derived (Level 2) housekeeping data from the CRaTER instrument aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. * Derived Primary Science data Derived (Level 2) primary science data from the CRaTER instrument aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. * Derived Secondary Science data Derived (Level 2) secondary science and engineering data from the CRaTER instrument The other collections are: * Documents Documentation to assist in understanding and using the LRO CRaTER data. * Miscellaneous Supplementary and ancillary information to assist in understanding and using the LRO CRaTER data. Includes tables of data gaps and mode changes. Data File Naming ---------------- Data files in this bundle are named according to the following convention: CRAT_L___V.TAB where: = data processing level (L0, L1 or L2; currently L1 or L2) = HK (housekeeping), PRI (primary) or SEC (secondary) = 4-digit year of data coverage date = 3-digit day of year data coverage date = version number of the file Contacts ======== This bundle was produced for the Planetary Data System (PDS) at the Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) Node at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The data were collected by the CRaTER Instrument Team. The PDS labels were generated at the PPI Node. For questions regarding this archive, other archives available from the PDS, or PDS standards, please contact PDS Operator at the PDS Engineering Node (at JPL): Email pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Telephone 818-354-4321 The PDS assumes no legal liability for errors on this archive. All users are encouraged to verify the correctness of the data prior to submitting any publications or other work based on these data. Please report errors on this archive to the PPI of the PDS through contact information provided above.