MER2 (Spirit) MB Partially Processed Summed Spectra (RDR) Data Set
Description

Extracted from PDS3 Data Set Catalog File.

Data Set Terse Description
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Mars Exploration Rover 2 Moessbauer partially processed summed spectra (RDR)
dataset.

  Data Set Overview
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    These MB data products are ASCII formatted tables. There are several
    types of summed spectra RDR data products from intermediate data
    reduction to more highly derived ones. MB summed spectra products are
    expressed as summed spectra in counts as a function of channel number.

    Mineralogical interpretations by the Moessbauer Team of the Moessbauer
    data have been published in Morris et al. (2004) and in Klingelhoefer et
    al. (2004).

  Processing
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    The MB RDR data products are produced by MB instrument team members from
    the Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany) using software tools
    developed by the MB team. The RDR data products - summed spectra in
    counts as a function of channel number - is generated after each sol in
    which MB data were acquired. This step comprises an extraction of the MB
    spectra from the MB raw data products and subsequent conversion into
    ASCII formatted tables.

  Data
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    Each MB summed spectra data file is a table. The number of columns and
    rows in the table is dependent on the type of product. Columns are
    variable length and are delimited with commas. Each row is terminated
    with a carriage return and line feed character. There are six product
    types in this dataset as described below. The first product type (MGC) is
    a table of 14 keV (gamma-ray) MB spectra as a function of channel number.
    The second product type (MXC) is a table of 6 keV (X-ray) MB spectra as a
    function of channel number. The third product type (RSC) is a table of 14
    keV reference spectra as a function of channel number. The fourth product
    type (DSC) is a table of differential signal as a function of channel
    number. The fifth product type (ESC) is a table of energy spectra as a
    function of channel number. The sixth product type (ESE) is a table of
    energy spectra in counts as a function of energy.

    Velocity calibration files for surface and CCT measurements are provided
    in the CALIB directory of the archive. These files consist of thirteen
    columns: one per each temperature window. The temperature windows
    correspond to the temperature windows in the MB spectra products (MGC and
    MXC). The last temperature window in each velocity calibration file
    contains a room temperature extrapolation of the velocity scale.

  References
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    Klingelhöfer, G., et al. (2003) Athena MIMOS II Mössbauer spectrometer
    investigation, J. Geophys. Res., 108(E12), 8067,
    doi:10.1029/2003JE002138.

    Klingelhoefer, G., et al. (2004) Jarosite and hematite at Meridiani
    Planum from Opportunity's Moessbauer Spectrometer, Science, 306, 1740-
    1745.

    Morris, R.V., et al. (2004) Mineralogy at Gusev Crater from the
    Moessbauer Spectrometer on the Spirit Rover, Science, 305, 833-836.