PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = "S. SLAVNEY, 2010-04-22" RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = DATA_SET DATA_SET_ID = "MGS-M-MOLA-5-IEGDR-L3-V2.0" OBJECT = DATA_SET_INFORMATION DATA_SET_NAME = "MOLA INITIAL EXPERIMENT GRIDDED DATA RECORD" DATA_SET_COLLECTION_MEMBER_FLG = "N" START_TIME = 1997-09-15T19:10:00.000 STOP_TIME = 2000-06-02T16:51:07.180 DATA_OBJECT_TYPE = FILE DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE = 2007-10-12 PRODUCER_FULL_NAME = {"DAVID E. SMITH", "MARIA T. ZUBER", "GREGORY A. NEUMANN"} DETAILED_CATALOG_FLAG = "N" DATA_SET_DESC = " Data Set Overview ================= The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft included a laser altimeter instrument. The primary objective of the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) is to determine globally the topography of Mars at a level suitable for addressing problems in geology and geophysics. This data set is a topographic map of Mars at various resolutions, based on altimetry data acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor MOLA instrument and accumulated over the course of the mission so far. The MOLA Precision Experiment Data Records (PEDRs) are the source for this data set. The map is in the form of an ASCII table with one row for each latitude-longitude bin, from 90 to -90 degrees latitude and from 0 to 360 degrees longitude. Note that MOLA uses a different orbit numbering scheme from that used by the MGS Project. The Project reset its orbit counter to 1 at the beginning of the Mapping Phase. Since MOLA had already generated products identified by orbit number prior to the Mapping Phase, it was decided to use the Project orbit number plus 10000 to identify MOLA Mapping Phase products, thereby avoiding duplicate product IDs. Subtract 10000 from a MOLA mapping phase orbit number to determine the equivalent MGS Project orbit number. Since the MOLA topographic data are cumulative over the whole mission, the orbit number range for these products spans both the Orbit Insertion and Mapping Phases." CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE = "N/A" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_TARGET TARGET_NAME = MARS END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_TARGET OBJECT = DATA_SET_HOST INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = MGS INSTRUMENT_ID = MOLA END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_HOST OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "ABSHIREETAL2000" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "AFZALETAL1997" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "DAVIESETAL1996" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "IVANOV&MUHLEMAN1998" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "LEMOINEETAL2001" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "MOLAPEDRSIS2003" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "NEUMANNETAL2001" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "NEUMANNETAL2003" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SEIDELMANNETAL2002" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SMITH&ZUBER1998" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SMITHETAL1998" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SMITHETAL1999" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SMITHETAL2001A" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SMITHETAL2001B" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "WU1991" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "ZEITLER&OBERST1999" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "ZUBERETAL1992" END_OBJECT = DATA_SET_REFERENCE_INFORMATION END_OBJECT = DATA_SET END