The European Space Agency
Mars Express: SPICAM

The SPICAM UV and IR Atmospheric Spectrometer measures the composition of the Martian atmosphere over smaller volumes than the PFS instrument. It measures ozone using a technique similar to that used on the Mariner 9 spacecraft which first discovered ozone on Mars. SPICAM also uses the technique of stellar occultation to measure the vertical profiles of carbon dioxide, temperature, ozone, aerosols and clouds.  The SPICAM Principal Investigator is Dr. Jean-Loup Bertaux, Service d'Aeronomie, Verrières-le-Buisson, France

The primary source for SPICAM data is the ESA Planetary Science Archive.

Through a cooperative agreement between ESA and NASA, the PDS Geosciences Node will host a copy of the SPICAM data archive on this web site when it becomes available.

Copies of SPICAM Data at the PDS Geosciences Node, Washington University in St. Louis:

• SPICAM IR EDR Data
• SPICAM UV EDR Data

More information about SPICAM is on the ESA web site.

January 2, 2007. This site now has SPICAM IR data acquired from 3 July 2003 to 19 December 2004 (cruise phase through orbit 1183) and UV data from 3 July 2003 to 6 June 2005 (cruise phase through orbit 1784).