Mastcam-Z multispectral database from the Perseverance rover’s traverse through the Jezero crater Margin unit (sols 0-1269)

Authors

Melissa S. Rice, Western Washington University
Alicia Vaughan, Apogee Engineering, LLC
Bradley Garczynski, Purdue University
Jeffrey R. Johnson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Sabrina Curtis, Million Concepts
Michael St. Clair, Million Concepts
Chase C. Million, Million Concepts
Alex Hayes, Cornell University
Kjartan B. Kinch, University of Copenhagen
Ernest Cisneros, Arizona State University
Kristen Paris, Arizona State University
Laura Mehall, Arizona State University
Max Gabbert, Western Washington University
Kristiana Lapo, Western Washington University
Adrian Broz, Purdue University
Samantha Theuer, Western Washington University
Athanathios Klidaras, Purdue University
James Haber, Purdue University
Margaret Deahn, Purdue University
Bavani Kathir, Western Washington University
Louise Duflot, Western Washington University, Arizona State University
Katelyn Frizzell, Arizona State University
Alivia Eng, Western Washington University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Briony N. Horgan, Purdue University
Stephan Devis, University of Hawaii
Megan Barrington, Cornell University
Eleni Ravanis, University of Hawaii
James F. Bell III, Arizona State University

Document Type

Dataset

Publication Date

3-2025

Keywords

Mars, Planetary Science, Space Exploration, Remote Sensing, Spectroscopy, Image Analysis, Geology, Mineralogy

Abstract

During its first 1269 sols of exploration, NASA’s Mars-2020 Perseverance rover explored the igneous units of the Jezero crater floor, the sedimentary strata of the western Jezero fan front and top, the carbonate-bearing rocks of the crater's Margin unit, and sedimentary deposits within the Neretva Vallis channel. The rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument, a pair of multispectral, stereoscopic, zoom-lens cameras, provides broadband red/green/blue (RGB), and narrowband visible to near-infrared color (VNIR, 440-1020 nm wavelength range). Here, we provide a database of Mastcam-Z spectra and multispectral image products from sols 0-1269. These include: the locations of the regions of interest (ROIs) from which the spectra were extracted; plots of spectra extracted from each observation; “enhanced color images” derived by stretching narrowband images; and “decorrelation stretch” (DCS) images that highlight the spectral diversity in left- and right-eye images. This dataset has been calibrated using Version 3 of Mastcam-Z’s radiometric calibration pipeline, which includes a dust correction and significantly improves upon the calibration of the previous dataset for sols 0-707 (Rice et al., 2024, https://doi.org/10.25710/v4p4-s268).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/8vzx-qw67

Recommended Citation

Rice, M. S., Vaughan, A., Garczynski, B., Johnson, J. R., Curtis, S., St. Clair, M. et al. (2025), Mastcam-Z multispectral database from the Perseverance rover’s traverse through the Jezero crater Margin unit (sols 0-1269) [Dataset]. WWU Geology Faculty Publications. 109. https://doi.org/10.25710/8vzx-qw67

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