<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Spase xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema http://amda.irap.omp.eu/public/schemas/spase-2_3_1.xsd"> <Version>2.3.1</Version> <Instrument> <ResourceID>spase://CNES/Instrument/CDPP-AMDA/MGS/MAG</ResourceID> <ResourceHeader> <ResourceName>MAG</ResourceName> <AlternateName>Fluxgate Magnetometer</AlternateName> <ReleaseDate>2009-05-20T21:10:13Z</ReleaseDate> <Description>The Mars Global Surveyor magnetic field instrument consists of dual, triaxial fluxgate magnetometers, capable of measuring fields between +/- 4 nT and +/- 65536 nT. Automated range switching allows the instrument to maintain maximum digital resolution over a wide range of field strengths. The text of this instrument description has been abstracted from the instrument paper : Acuna, M. A., J. E. P. Connerney, P. Wasilewski, R. P. Lin, K. A. Anderson, C. W. Carlson, J. McFadden, D. W. Curtis, H. Reme, A. Cros, J. L. Medale, J. A. Sauvaud, C. d'Uston, S. J. Bauer, P. Cloutier, M. Mayhew, and N. F. Ness, Mars Observer Magnetic Fields Investigation, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 7799-7814, 1992.</Description> <Contact> <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Mario.H.Acuna</PersonID> <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role> </Contact> <InformationURL> <Name>MAG/ER web page, NASA Goddard, Greenbelt</Name> <URL>http://mgs-mager.gsfc.nasa.gov/instrument.html</URL> </InformationURL> </ResourceHeader> <InstrumentType>Magnetometer</InstrumentType> <InvestigationName>MAG/ER</InvestigationName> <OperatingSpan> <StartDate>1997-09-12T00:00:00Z</StartDate> <StopDate>2006-11-02T00:00:00Z</StopDate> <!-- Note : if possible note large data gaps; multiple tags --> </OperatingSpan> <ObservatoryID>spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/MGS</ObservatoryID> </Instrument> </Spase>