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Title: New and Extended Data Processing of Mars Odyssey Neutron Spectrometer Data

Journal Article · · Icarus
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Planetary Science Inst., Tucson, AZ (United States)
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The Los Alamos National Laboratory designed and built Mars Odyssey Neutron Spectrometer (MONS) has been operating and collecting data from February 2002 to the present. MONS measures the neutron leakage albedo from galactic cosmic ray bombardment of Mars. These signals can indicate the presence of near-surface water deposits on Mars, and can also be used to study properties of the seasonal polar CO2 ice caps. This work outlines a new analysis of the MONS data that results in new and extended time-series maps of MONS thermal and epithermal neutron data. The new data are compared to previous publications on the MONS instrument. We then present preliminary results studying the inter-annual variability in the polar regions of Mars based on 8 Mars-Years of MONS data from the new dataset.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1558069
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1702352
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-23011
Journal Information:
Icarus, Vol. 335; ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 1 work
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