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File:PIA04907 Water Mass Map from Neutron Spectrometer.jpg|left|thumb|800x800px|This map shows the estimated lower limit of the water content of the upper meter of Martian soil. The estimates are derived from the hydrogen abundance measured by the neutron spectrometer component of the gamma ray spectrometer suite on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
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[[File:Water equivalent hydrogen abundance in the lower latitudes of Mars 01.jpg|alt=|left|frame|Water equivalent hydrogen abundance in the lower latitudes of Mars from the Mars Odyssey Neutron spectrometer]]
 
 
Summary
 
This map displays the proportion of water ice present in the upper meter of the Martian surface within 60 degrees of the equator. The percentages are derived through stochiometric calculations based on epithermal neutron fluxes. These fluxes were detected by the Neutron Spectrometer aboard the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. For more information see Feldman, W. C., Prettyman, T. H., Maurice, S., et al., Global distribution of near-surface hydrogen on Mars: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, v. 109, E09006, doi:10.1029/2003JE002160. Date 24 July 2003, 09:41:17 Source http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/gallery/latestimages/20030724a.html Author Feldman, W.C., Prettyman, T.H., Maurice, S., et al., Los Alamos National Laboratory/JPL
 
 
 
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Feldman, W. et al.
 

Latest revision as of 20:39, 4 December 2020

This map shows the estimated lower limit of the water content of the upper meter of Martian soil. The estimates are derived from the hydrogen abundance measured by the neutron spectrometer component of the gamma ray spectrometer suite on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.

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Water equivalent hydrogen abundance in the lower latitudes of Mars from the Mars Odyssey Neutron spectrometer