MER2 Mini-TES BTR: Mars Rover Thermal Emission Spectrometer Data

Original Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer Brightness Temperature Reduced Data Record products used during Mars Exploration Rover mission operations. Supporting documentation and label files conform to Planetary Data System Standards Version 3.6. The dataset is maintained by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze Martian surface thermal properties based on brightness temperature data
• Validate mission operation procedures based on original operational data products
• Study planetary data system standards compliance based on supporting documentation

Strengths

• Original products used during Mars Exploration Rover mission operations
• Documentation conforms to Planetary Data System Standards Version 3.6

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Mission operations data from Mars Exploration Rover project

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:19:02.522896

Geography

Mars