The MOLA Data

Overview


"MOLA is the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, an instrument currently in orbit around Mars on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft. The instrument transmits infrared laser pulses towards Mars at a rate of 10 Hz and measures the time of flight to determine the range of the MGS spacecraft to the Martian surface. Range measurements have used to construct a precise topographic map of Mars that has many applications to studies in geophysics, geology and atmospheric circulation."

You can read more here.

You can read about how I processed the MOLA data here.

Below are links to pages showing the different ways I processed the data.

MOLA Derived Data Products


Contour/Greyscale Maps Maps derived from the MOLA data
MOLA profiles Cross sections of some of Mars's features using MOLA data
Statistics Maximum/minimum height statistics compiled using all the MOLA data

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