TES Instrument Description

Every scientific discipline has it's host of technical journals. These are where scientists publish the results of their work. One of the main journals that publishes scientific papers about the planets is called the Journal of Geophysical Research, published by the American Geophysical Union. Papers for this journal are typically reviewed by two independent scientists selected by the journal editor, to ensure high scientific quality.

The Mars Observer instruments were all described together in a special issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research on May 25, 1992. Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) paper by Philip Christensen and his colleagues was published in this issue.

The reference is:

Christensen, P.R., D.L. Anderson, S.C. Chase Jr., R.N. Clark, H.H. Kieffer, M.C. Malin, J.C. Pearl, J. Carpenter, N. Bandiera, F. G. Brown, and S. Silverman (1992) Thermal Emission Spectrometer Experiment: Mars Observer Mission, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 97, no. E5, pp. 7719-7734.

If you are an educator and would like a copy of this paper, please send your request on school letter head to:

	Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program
	Department of Geology
	Arizona State University
	Box 871404
	Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, U.S.A.

Also see our newsletters, TES News for non-technical information about the TES instrument.

TES 1993-1994 Curriculum Guide / K.S. Edgett /edgett@elvis.mars.asu.edu