What's New for the Opportunity Analyst's Notebook?
The MER Analyst's Notebook continues to be updated with additional features and bug fixes. These updates are detailed on this page to provide a reference to keep the user informed. Known problems are listed in the errata section until they are corrected.
Current - Release 15 - Release 14 - Release 13 - Release 12 - Release 11 - Release 10
Release 9 - Release 8 - Release 7 - Release 6 - Release 5
Release 4 - Release 3 - Release 2 - Release 1
 
Current
Changes since Release 16
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Release 16
Changes since Release 15
Special Notes
2008-05-12 The APXS Elemental Abundance data, Atmospheric Opacity data, and Rock Abrasion Tool data for this release have not yet been delivered to PDS.
2008-05-12 The MER Project has discontinued the Radio Science experiment because the small amount of data that could be recovered had little science value. No more Radio Science data will be released.
 
Change Log

2008-05-12

 Data Added Release 16 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 1350 sols of the mission
Release 15
Changes since Release 14
Special Notes
Change Log

2008-01-31

 Data Added Release 15 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 1260 sols of the mission
Release 14
Changes since Release 13
Special Notes

2007-10-26

 The Microscopic Imager Merged Focal Sections and Anaglyph Stereo Images web page is being updated. Updates should be complete within the next few weeks. In the meantime, Opportunity MI focal data products through sol 1080 may be accessed via the PDS Geosciences website, http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mer/mer1-m-mi-3-rdr-sci-v1/mer1mi_1xxx/extras/.

2007-10-26

 The label for Opportunity Pancam EDR sol 1162 product 1P231329723ERP____P2631L_C1.IMG has values for the keyword INSTRUMENT_TEMPERATURE that are below the minimum value of -273.0, and has a value for the keyword ELEVATION_FOV that is above the maximum value of 360.0. 
Change Log
2007-10-26 Data Added Release 14 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 1170 sols of the mission
2007-08-15 Documentation Updated MER Analyst's Notebook Online Help updated.
Release 13
Changes since Release 12
Special Notes

2007-07-31

 An error in the value for the label keyword PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME occurs in some PDS labels for Microscopic Imager and Pancam products in release 13 and previous releases. The value should be in the form yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss, but where the day of the month is 1 through 9 only a single digit is present.
Change Log
2007-07-31 Data Added Release 13 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 1080 sols of the mission
2007-07-31 Data Updated Several Opportunity data products prior to sol 887 have been re-released with release 13. Reprocessing occurred for one of the following reasons: 1. the telemetry data products were transmitted late and had not yet been processed or delivered to PDS; 2. the data products failed to be processed the first time around; or 3. the data products were processed, but were of the incorrect data type (e.g. EFF vs. EDN). Please see release13-pre13data.txt for a list of the reprocessed data products.
Release 12
Changes since Release 11
Change Log
2007-04-27 Data Added Release 12 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 990 sols of the mission
Release 11
Changes since Release 10
Special Notes

2007-02-01

 A minor systematic error occurs in the PDS labels of APXS, Mössbauer, and RAT data products in release 11. The value for the keyword TLM_INST_DATA_HEADER_ID is not a valid ASCII character. The value should be 3.

2007-02-01

 As of release 11, 11 Microscopic Imager full frame images from Sol 886 were still on the rover waiting for downlink. When these images become available, they will be added to the notebook.
Change Log
2007-02-01 Data Added Release 11 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 900 sols of the mission
2007-02-01 Data Updated Mini-TES data products from sols 721-810 have been re-released with release 11. The file naming convention and PRODUCT_ID have been updated to correctly handle an overflow condition of the site and/or position fields of the rover motion counter. "#" symbols have been replaced with PDS compliant underscores (_).
2007-02-01 Documentation Updated Mini-TES SDPSIS has been updated.
2006-12-12 Data Added APXS oxide abundance dataset has been updated to include data derived from APXS RDRs from sols 541 through 720.
Release 10
Changes since Release 9
Change Log
2006-10-27 Data Added Release 10 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 810 sols of the mission
2006-10-27 Data Updated Mini-TES data products from sols 1-720 have been re-released with release 10. Data products reflect improved radiometric calibration algorithms.
Release 9
Changes since Release 8
 
Special Notes
2006-07-28 Pancam Atmospheric Opacity data have not been received from the instrument team for sols 631-720. Data will be posted when they are received.
 
Change Log
2006-05-08 Data Added Traverse data and crater DTMs (Digital Terrain Models) produced by the Ohio State University GIS Laboratory have been added. See Resources > Additional Data Sets.
Release 8
Changes since Release 7
 
Special Notes
2006-02-22 Mineral abundances inferred from Spirit rover Mössbauer observations are online in this paper: Morris, R.V., et al. (2006), Mössbauer mineralogy of rock, soil, and dust at Gusev crater, Mars: Spirit's journey through weakly altered olivine basalt on the plains and pervasively altered basalt in the Columbia Hills, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S13, doi:10.1029/2005JE002584 (http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2005JE002584.shtml).
 
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2006-04-27 Data Added The APXS abundance data set has been added. See Resources > Additional Data Sets
2006-04-27 New Feature Science documents now are searchable. Select 'Search for Documents' from the Search page. Searches may be limited to the type of file (PDF, Word, etc.) and wildcards are supported.
2006-02-06 Documentation Updated MER Analyst's Notebook Online Help updated.
Release 7
Changes since Release 6
 
Special Notes
2006-02-03 Comments and errata for Mini-TES data have been provided by the instrument team and are available from the PDS archive errata file.
2006-02-03 The RAT instrument on the MER-B rover (Opportunity) did not acquire any data products during the time period covered by this release.
2006-02-03 This release includes a document describing a change that occurred to the APXS instrument on MER-B (Opportunity) and its effect on the calibration of data acquired by that instrument. See MERB_APXS_INCIDENT.PDF in the document directory of the MER-B APXS archive volumes.
2006-01-04 New MER Publications. Elemental abundances derived from APXS observations from the Spirit rover through sol 470 are now online in this paper: Gellert, R., et al. (2006), Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS): Results from Gusev crater and calibration report, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, No. E2, E02S05, doi:10.1029/2005JE002555 (http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2005JE002555.shtml). Mineral abundances inferred from Spirit rover Mössbauer observations will soon be published in JGR Planets, and a link will be included here when the paper appears online.
2005-10-31 Due to computer hardware problems, we are in the process of recovering from backup storage approximately 46 Experimental Data Record files that were supposed to be part of the Sol 271-360 release. These products are all from the Opportunity rover and most of them are Microscopic Imager images. Over 500 products affected by this problem have been recovered to date. We are working to provide the missing products in the archive as fast as possible.
 
Change Log
2005-11-15 New Feature MD5 and SHA-1 checksums are listed for each product on the Product View pages.
Release 6
Changes since Release 5
 
Special Notes

2005-10-28

 Some data products for sols 413 and 414 are not included in this release. The products affected are those with a position greater than 1295, which is the largest number that can be stored using two alpha-numeric digits as defined within the MER Camera Products SIS. The original filename value for position for these products was two octothorpes (##). Because this character is incompatible with PDS and ISO 9660 standards, the files are being regenerated using two underscores ( _ _ ) for the position. The correct position will be given in the product label.

2005-10-28

 Mini-TES locator frames are not included for sols 361 to 450. They will be posted when they become available.
 
Change Log
2005-10-28 Data Added Release 6 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 450 sols of the mission
2005-10-28 Data Added The Engineering Rover Motion Counter data set has been added
2005-10-28 Data Added The Microscopic Imager Merged Focal Sections and Anaglyph Stereo images data set has been added
2005-10-28 Data Added The Radio Science Orbit Data Files (ODF) and Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Data have been added
2005-10-28 New Feature Interactive uncorrected rover traverse maps have been added
2005-10-28 Updated Feature The search tool has been updated with new search options, including saved searches
2005-08-30 Documentation Added The MI Calibration Report has been added (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-08-30 Documentation Added The Mini-TES Calibration Plan has been added (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-08-30 Documentation Added The APXS Calibration Plan has been added (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-08-26 Link Corrected The Archive Product SIS link on the Atmospheric Opacity resource page was corrected.
 
Release 5
Changes since Release 4
Special Notes
2005-07-29 Release 5 contains new Mini-TES raw and derived data products for sols 271 through 360 for both rovers, and revised versions of all previously released products for sols 1 through 270 for both rovers. The revisions are due to additional improvements in the calibration software. For details, see the file errata.txt in the Mini-TES archive.
2005-07-29 With Release 5 of the Moessbauer archives, the Calibrated Spectra Data Set (MER2-M-MB-5-CALSPEC-SCI-V1.0) is no longer being delivered. The ESE products that were part of this data set are now archived with the Summed Spectra Data Set (MER2-M-MB-4-SUMSPEC-SCI-V1.0). The other two product types from the Calibrated Spectra Data Set, MGV and MXV products, are no longer being produced. They were basically the same as the Summed Spectra MGC and MXC products with a velocity column added. These product types have become obsolete because the velocity scale does not take accurately into account the change of the Moessbauer drive characteristics, which exhibit a small temperature dependence. Instead, separate velocity files have been included with the Moessbauer archives since Release 3 which take the temperature dependence into account. This change has been applied to the current release and to previous releases of these data sets.
Change Log
2005-07-29 Data Added Release 5 of MER data make available; includes data from the first 360 sols of the mission
2005-07-29 New Feature The Rover Site Map tool provides nadir view-oriented maps of rover sites.
Release 4
Changes since Release 3
 
Special Notes
2005-04-22 Release 4 contains new Mini-TES raw and derived data products for sols 181 through 270 for both rovers, and revised versions of all previously released products for sols 1 through 180 for both rovers. The revisions are due to improvements in the calibration software. For details, see the file errata.txt in the Mini-TES archive.
2005-04-22 An error in the the Mini-TES geometric projection software has been identified which could result in errors in the current PDS Mini-TES Locator Frame images. This error only affects the Locator Frames where the image and the Mini-TES qube were acquired at different positions, those products acquired at the same position are unafftected. The magnitude of the error will vary depending on the offset between the two positions. This error is in the process of being fixed and all affected Mini-TES Locator Frame images will be corrected and re-released to the PDS as soon as possible. The PDS community will be notified via the MER PDS website when the corrected products are available.
 
Change Log
2005-04-22 Data Added Release 4 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 270 sols of the mission
2005-04-22 Documentation Updated Camera Experiment Data Record and Reduced Data Record Operations Data Products SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-04-22 Documentation Updated APXS Reduced Data Record SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-04-22 Documentation Updated Moessbauer Reduced Data Record SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-04-22 Documentation Updated RAT Experiment Data Record SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-04-22 New Feature User Forum added to gather feedback from users (http://anserver1.eprsl.wustl.edu/forum)
Release 3
Changes since Release 2
 
Special Notes
2005-03-02 For release 3 of the MER Moessbauer archives there are velocity calibration files for surface measurements and the CCT in the CALIB directory. These files consist of 13 columns: one per each temperature window. Columns 1, 2, and 12 are empty because the instruments never reached those temperatures on Mars. The last temperature window contains a room temperature extrapolation of the velocity scale. That is the velocity scale currently provided with the MGV files. Refer to the errata portion of the Moessbauer Data Set Documentation.
2005-03-02 In releases 1 and 2 of the MER archives there was an issue with the calibration data for the APXS instruments on both rovers. The APXS calibration data were swapped for the two rovers with the files for Spirit located with the Opportunity data set and vice-versa. The error resulted from the sensor heads being unintentionally swapped shortly before launch during a very late refurbishment of both instruments. There are data that indicate conclusively that the instrument swap occurred. The calibration data are still valid, but were associated with the wrong spacecraft. The issue has been corrected for release 3 of the archives. Refer to the errata portion of the APXS Data Set Documentation.
 
Change Log
2005-03-02 Data Added Release 3 of MER data made available; includes data from the first 180 sols of the mission
2005-03-02 Documentation Added Data Set Documents updated to include catalog files, calibration files, archive documentation, software, and data set errata
2005-02-07 Documentation Added Instrument catalog files are now available for both rovers (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-02-07 Documentation Updated Camera Experiment Data Record and Reduced Data Record Operations Data Products SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-02-07 Documentation Updated APXS Experiment Data Record SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-02-07 Documentation Updated Moessbauer Experiment Data Record SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-02-07 Documentation Updated RAT Experiment Data Record SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2005-02-07 Documentation Updated Mini-TES Experiment Data Record, Reduced Data Record, and higher-level data product SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2004-12-02 Documentation Updated Moessbauer Reduced Data Record Data Product SIS has been updated (see Data Set Documents on the resources page)
2004-12-02 Documentation Added Engineering Camera Calibration Report added (see Calibration Files on the resources page)
2004-10-29 Documentation Added MI Calibration Report added (see Calibration Files on the resources page)
2004-10-11 Graphs Updated MB MXV RDRs (MB 6.4 keV spectra as a function of velocity) plots had an extra graph in the upper left corner. This has been removed
Release 2
Changes since Release 1
 
Change Log
2004-09-20 Documentation Updated The Mini-TES Calibration Report and Data Product SIS have been updated.
2004-08-13 Documentation Added Links to papers published in Science added (see Reference List on the resources page)
2004-08-12 Software Added Link to software added on resources page
2004-08-12 Documentation Added Microscopic Imager Calibration Plan added (see Calibration Files on the resources page)
2004-08-12 Documentation Added Mini-TES Calibration Plan added (see Calibration Files on the resources page)
2004-08-11 Data Added Link to Spirit SPICE data on resources page
2004-08-04 Data Updated Mini-TES data products updated
2004-08-04 Documentation Added Moessbauer Calibration Reports added (see Calibration Files on the resources page)
2004-08-04 Data Added APXS Calibration files added (see Calibration Files on the resources page)
2004-08-04 Documentation Added APXS Calibration Report added (see Calibration Files on the resources page)
2004-08-04 New Feature Graphs added for Moessbauer RDR products
2004-08-04 Update Online help updated
2004-07-28 Data Added Microscopic Imager thumbnail image data added
2004-07-24 New Feature Mini-TES locator images added to provide context
 
Release 1
 
Errata
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