Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Color Imager (MARCI): Instrument description, calibration, and performance

J. F. Bell; M. J. Wolff; M. C. Malin; W. M. Calvin; B. A. Cantor; M. A. Caplinger; R. T. Clancy; K. S. Edgett; L. J. Edwards; J. Fahle; F. Ghaemi; R. M. Haberle; A. Hale; P. B. James; S. W. Lee; T. McConnochie; E. Noe Dobrea; M. A. Ravine; D. Schaeffer; K. D. Supulver; P. C. Thomas

doi:10.1029/2008JE003315

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Color Imager (MARCI): Instrument description, calibration, and performance

J. F. Bell, M. J. Wolff, M. C. Malin, W. M. Calvin, B. A. Cantor, M. A. Caplinger, R. T. Clancy, K. S. Edgett, L. J. Edwards, J. Fahle, F. Ghaemi, R. M. Haberle, A. Hale, P. B. James, S. W. Lee, T. McConnochie, E. Noe Dobrea, M. A. Ravine, D. Schaeffer, K. D. SupulverP. C. Thomas

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The Mars Color Imager (MARCI) instrument aboard the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft is a wide-angle, multispectral Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) "push frame" imaging camera designed to provide frequent, synoptic-scale color imaging of the Martian atmosphere and surface. MARCI uses a 1024 × 1024 pixel interline transfer CCD detector that has seven narrowband interference filters bonded directly to the CCD. Five of the filters are in the visible to short-wave near-infrared wavelength range (437, 546, 604,653, and 718 nm) and two are in the ultraviolet range (258 and 320 nm). Here we describe the scientific objectives of the MARCI investigation and the basic characteristics, calibration, and in-flight performance of the MARCI instrument. We include several examples of early scientific results and investigations enabled by an extensive preflight and in-flight calibration program and by validation of the performance of the instrument in flight.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	E08S92
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
Volume	114
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JE003315
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Oceanography
Aquatic Science
Ecology
Water Science and Technology
Soil Science
Geochemistry and Petrology
Earth-Surface Processes
Atmospheric Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
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Bell, J. F., Wolff, M. J., Malin, M. C., Calvin, W. M., Cantor, B. A., Caplinger, M. A., Clancy, R. T., Edgett, K. S., Edwards, L. J., Fahle, J., Ghaemi, F., Haberle, R. M., Hale, A., James, P. B., Lee, S. W., McConnochie, T., Noe Dobrea, E., Ravine, M. A., Schaeffer, D., ... Thomas, P. C. (2009). Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Color Imager (MARCI): Instrument description, calibration, and performance. Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets, 114(8), [E08S92]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JE003315

Bell, JF, Wolff, MJ, Malin, MC, Calvin, WM, Cantor, BA, Caplinger, MA, Clancy, RT, Edgett, KS, Edwards, LJ, Fahle, J, Ghaemi, F, Haberle, RM, Hale, A, James, PB, Lee, SW, McConnochie, T, Noe Dobrea, E, Ravine, MA, Schaeffer, D, Supulver, KD & Thomas, PC 2009, 'Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Color Imager (MARCI): Instrument description, calibration, and performance', Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets, vol. 114, no. 8, E08S92. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JE003315

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