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MESSENGER: GRS and NS

May 12, 2017. MESSENGER Release 16 includes two tutorials: the GRS Anti-Coincidence Shield Tutorial and the NS Description of Analysis and Modeling Tasks, found in the Document directories of the GRS CDR/RDR and NS CDR/DDR volumes, respectively, and also linked from this web page, under Related Information below. No new or revised GRS or NS data products are in this release.

 See the GRS ERRATA.TXT and NS ERRATA.TXT in each data set's top-level directory for details about previous releases.

GRS and NS are the Gamma Ray Spectrometer and Neutron Spectrometer instruments on MESSENGER. The data sets are produced by the GRS/NS Science Team at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland.

GRS and NS Data Sets (PDS4)

Raw Data Products
GRS EDR - Gamma Ray Spectrometer Experiment Data Records
NS EDR - Neutron Spectrometer Experiment Data Records
Calibrated Data Products
GRS CDR  - Gamma Ray Spectrometer Calibrated Data Records
NS CDR  - Neutron Spectrometer Calibrated Data Records
Derived Data Products
GRS RDR - Gamma Ray Spectrometer Reduced Data Records
GRS DAP - Gamma Ray Spectrometer Derived Analysis Products (Maps)
NS DDR - Neutron Spectrometer Derived Data Records

Online Tools

Mercury Orbital Data Explorer - Provides search, display, and download  tools for this data set.
  GRS PDS Data Viewer - software tool developed by the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory for browsing and displaying MESSENGER GRS PDS data files.

  Mercury Footprint Coverage Explorer - Part of the Mercury ODE, this page links to product coverage maps in Google Earth and other formats.
  MESSENGER QuickMap - This simple, interactive map interface used by the MESSENGER science team is now available to the public.

Related Information

The GRS Anti-Coincidence Shield Tutorial (PDF, 2.3 MB)

The GRS EDR Software Interface Specification (PDF, 1,098 KB)

The GRS CDR-RDR-DAP Software Interface Specification (PDF, 866 KB)

The GRS Processing Description (PDF, 722 KB)

The NS Tutorial Description of Analysis and Modeling Tasks (PDF, 5.8 MB)

The NS EDR Software Interface Specification (PDF, 1,100 KB)

The NS CDR-DDR Software Interface Specification (PDF, 356 KB)

The NS EDR-to-CDR-to-DDR Processing Descripton (PDF, 189 KB)

 

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