Thermal Infrared Spectral Laboratory and Mineral Library at ASU

http://tes.asu.edu/spectral/library/index.html

The TES instrument team maintains a Thermal Infrared Spectral Laboratory and Mineral Library at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, USA.

The library includes observations of terrestrial rock and mineral samples for comparison with the spectra of Mars returned by TES and also for interpreting remote sensing data collected with Earth as the target.

The links below lead to detailed information about the ASU facility and the contents of the Spectral Library.


ASU Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy Laboratory
ASU Thermal Emission Spectral Library

MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Data Archive & PDS TES Data Node

[caption id="attachment_846" align="aligncenter" width="500"] TES Silicate/High-Silicon Glass Abundance on a Portion of Mars. Image by ASU & TES[/caption]

MGS-TES Special Products

TES, The Thermal Emission Spectrometer at Arizona State University (ASU), is one of five instruments carried on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft (MGS).

MGS was launched in November 1996 and made the last transmission to Earth in November 2006.

Their website presents data from the TES instrument at Mars, as well as an introduction to infrared spectroscopy and access to the Spectral Library at Arizona State University.

You will also find links to many other Mars-related websites, including their very active ASU-Mars K-12 outreach program.

TES Bolometric Albedo Map