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    • MEX: MARSIS ELECTRON PLASMA DENSITY AND MAGNETIC FIELD DATA

    Metadata Updated: August 23, 2025

    This data set tabulates local electron densities and local magnetic field strengths magnetic field strengths obtained from Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) Active Ionospheric Sounding (AIS) mode ionograms. The electron density is obtained by measuring the increment in frequency between the plasma frequency harmonics, visible as bright vertical lines at low frequency and delay time in many MARSIS ionograms. Similarly, the local magnetic field strength is found by measuring the difference in delay time between electron cyclotron echoes, visible as bright horizontal lines at low frequency on many ionograms. Both the measured quantity and the derived result are included in the archive product. We also include a data quality flag giving the impression of the archivist as to how reliable each result is. This archive product includes only data from the nominal mission, which starts about orbit 1850 and ends on orbit 2539.

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

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    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mex-m-marsis-5-ddr-eledens-bmag-ext5v1.0
    Data First Published 2021-05-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 721ea32b-53e6-4998-b59a-f83050d52993
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=MEX-M-MARSIS-5-DDR-ELEDENS%2FBMAG-EXT5V1.0
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c786ad4f1621c3b9c8e489f4836c659436137038076f84b18a7d0f3830ed2101
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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