MER1 Mini-TES: Mars Rover Thermal Emission Spectrometer Emissivity Data

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project produced this archive of Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) Emissivity Reduced Data Record (EMR) products. The data includes original products used during mission operations. The dataset was last updated on March 13,我们发现一个错误。

Use Cases

• Analyze Martian surface mineralogy based on thermal emission spectrometry data.
• Study temporal changes in surface thermal properties based on mission operations data.
• Validate or compare spectral models using original mission emissivity products.

Strengths

• Original data products used during the Mars Exploration Rover mission operations.
• Produced by the authoritative source, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected by the Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer instrument on the Mars Exploration Rover.

Time Range

Covers the Mars Exploration Rover mission operational period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:32:10.675031; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mars surface, specific locations visited by the Mars Exploration Rover.