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MESSENGER H XRS REDUCED DATA RECORD (RDR) MAPS V1.0

Metadata Updated: April 11, 2025

Abstract ======== This data set consists of the MESSENGER XRS reduced data record observations, also known as RDRs, which are derived from the calibrated data records, CDRs. Each XRS observation results in four X-ray spectra. When an X-ray interacts with one of the four detectors, a charge or voltage pulse is generated. This signal is converted into one of 2^8 (256) channels, which are correlated to energy. Over a commanded integration time period a histogram of counts as a function of energy (channel number) is recorded. The EDRs are the number of events in each channel of the four detectors accumulated over the integration period. Channels above or below the useful energy range of the detectors are not transmitted. The result is three 244-channel GPC histograms and one 231-channel solar monitor histogram, each of which is designated as a single X-ray spectrum. Each observation is calibrated and processed into the CDR data set and then further processed to produce a map of elemental ratios, the maps of which compose the RDR data set.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Maintainer
Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mess-h-xrs-3-rdr-maps-v1.0_sy6m-um7n
Data First Published 2021-05-21
Data Last Modified 2025-04-01
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=MESS-H-XRS-3-RDR-MAPS-V1.0
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Program Code 026:005
Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
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Source Hash c83148875f992cfab7f49f60f0d852f26342b2961d154e1f33c9a2cbb616bf66
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