MESSENGER H XRS REDUCED DATA RECORD (RDR) MAPS V1.0

Abstract ======== This data set consists of the MESSENGER XRS reduced data record observations, also known as RDRs, which are derived from the calibrated data records, CDRs. Each XRS observation results in four X-ray spectra. When an X-ray interacts with one of the four detectors, a charge or voltage pulse is generated. This signal is converted into one of 2^8 (256) channels, which are correlated to energy. Over a commanded integration time period a histogram of counts as a function of energy (channel number) is recorded. The EDRs are the number of events in each channel of the four detectors accumulated over the integration period. Channels above or below the useful energy range of the detectors are not transmitted. The result is three 244-channel GPC histograms and one 231-channel solar monitor histogram, each of which is designated as a single X-ray spectrum. Each observation is calibrated and processed into the CDR data set and then further processed to produce a map of elemental ratios, the maps of which compose the RDR data set.

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