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MESSENGER: GRS and NS

March 8, 2013. MESSENGER Release 9 includes GRS and NS EDR and CDR data acquired through September 17, 2012. See the GRS EDR ERRATA.TXT, the NS EDR ERRATA.TXT, the GRS CDR / RDR ERRATA.TXT, and the NS CDR / DDR ERRATA.TXT  for details.

This is also the first release to include GRS and NS derived data products. These products were acquired through March 25, 2012. See the GRS CDR / RDR AAREADME.TXT and ERRATA.TXT, and the NS CDR / DDR AAREADME.TXT and ERRATA.TXT.

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

Raw Data Products
GRS EDR - Gamma Ray Spectrometer Experiment Data Records
NS EDR - Neutron Spectrometer Experiment Data Records
Derived Data Products
GRS CDR / RDR - Gamma Ray Spectrometer Calibrated Data Records and Reduced Data Records
NS CDR / DDR - Neutron Spectrometer Calibrated Data Records and 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 EDR Software Interface Specification (PDF, 1,098 KB)

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

The GRS EDR-to-CDR-to-RDR Processing Description (PDF, 722 KB)

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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