Radio Science - Electron Density Profiles - CERTIFIED
                          Dec 24, 1998 (Ls 74 MY 24) to Jun 9, 2005 (Ls 226.6 MY 27)



                                
































The two presented profiles are from the same location and local time and seasonal date but from two consecutive Mars years, illustrating year-to-year variability. Links to the data files from which the electron density profile data are available are here for MY26 and here for MY27.

































Latitude of derived MGS Radio Science electron density profiles versus seasonal date for the four Mars years spanned by these data. The file from which these latitude and seasonal dates are provided can be accessed here.


MGS Radio Science Data

The reduced Electron Density dataset contains the entire collection of radio occultation ionospheric electron density (EDS) profiles derived from Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) data during the MGS mission. The aareadme.txt file provides an introduction to the reduced data set while raw data are available online or by request.

Derived Data - Electron Density

The data volume is available here

The data are located at mors_1102. This data set is comprised of data products, each derived from an individual ingress or egress occultation. Each product lists observing parameters and a table including latitude, longitude, electron density and standard deviation as a function of radius (distance from the center of mass of the planet) or altitude.

The EDS directory contains 12 subdirectories with names of the form yyyy_ddd giving the year (yyyy) and day-of-year (ddd) of the first electron density file within it. The subdirectory coverage does not overlap and there are often days or weeks between the last file in one directory and the first file in the next.

The following index (xlsx, txt) can be used to select desired files. A more complete index is available.

Additional Information

The Software Interface Specification (SIS) document provides a more detailed description of the data set while catalog files in mors_1102 define the mission, spacecraft and instrument.

Raw Data (EDR)

Volumes mors_0101 - mors_0156 contain Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Cruise Data. Volume mors_0156 is available on-line. Request other volumes if required.

Volumes mors_0210 - mors_0359 contain Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) Data. Volume mors_0210 is available on-line. Request other volumes if required.

Volumes mors_0401 - mors_0584 contain Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Mapping Data. Volume mors_0410 is available on-line. Request other volumes if required.

Volumes mors_0601 - mors_08xx contain Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Mapping Data. Volume mors_0610 is available on-line. Request other volumes if required.