Harmonic Analysis of the Martian Nitric Oxide Nightglow (version 13) [Data set]

The Nitric Oxide (NO) nightglow at Mars was detected and characterized for the first time by Bertaux et al. (2005) using the Spectroscopy for Investigation of Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars (SPICAM) instrument, onboard the Mars Express (MEX) spacecraft. Since 2014, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has continuously monitored the NO nightglow thanks the capabilities of the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument. The extensive spatial and temporal coverage acquired by IUVS allowed for the first detection of wave patterns in the NO nightglow. At the equatorial region, a wave-3 structure has been identified as well as a wave-2 structure in the Northern hemisphere for latitudes poleward of 60º. The interplay of these two wave components with latitude, local time, season, and altitude are not yet well understood. This dataset extends the already existing dataset of apoapse disk images observed by MAVEN/IUVS (https://doi.org/10.25810/fke8-7z93). Please see README file for more detail.

The dataset consists of 28,371 Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) files and is approximately 83 GB. The files are available to download from the link in Related URL through Globus. See "Additional Information" below.