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The
European Space Agency
Mars Express: OMEGA
The OMEGA IR
Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer determines the
mineral content of the Martian surface and the molecular
composition of the atmosphere by analyzing sunlight
reflected from the surface and diffused through the
atmosphere. It also performs similar analyses on heat
radiation emitted from the surface. Information from
Omega will contribute to our understanding of the
structure of the Martian landscape and the role played
by water over timescales ranging from seasons to
billions of years. The OMEGA
Principal Investigator is Dr. Jean-Pierre Bibring,
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France.
The primary source for OMEGA data is the
ESA Planetary Science Archive.
Through a cooperative agreement between ESA and NASA,
the PDS Geosciences Node is hosting a copy of the OMEGA data
archive.
Copy of OMEGA Data at the PDS
Geosciences Node, Washington University in
St. Louis
More information about OMEGA is on the
OMEGA
web site.
The
Mars
Orbital Data Explorer can be used to search for
OMEGA data.
November 4, 2008. This site now has
OMEGA data acquired from 19 February 2003 through 5
November 2007
(cruise phase through orbit 4899). Data from the
Extended Mission (beginning 1 January 2006, orbit 2600)
are archived as a separate data set.
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