SBN

Database of Comet Polarimetry

Status: In Lien Resolution

Note: This data set is being submitted for re-review. The initial version passed its December 2005 review with a few liens to be applied. The data preparer, however, added substantial amounts of new data to the dataset in the editing process. Because of the large amount of new data and because it was not possible to separate the edited data from the newly added data with reasonable effort, the data set is being re-submitted for review as Version 1, with the original liens already corrected.

This volume contains

An overview of the volume contents is provided in the aareadme.txt file.

Catalog Files

Catalog files contain the overview information and parameters used in loading the PDS central catalog, specifically, or for developing other interfaces to the data outside of PDS. The information they contain, particularly in their descriptive text fields, should be clear, complete, and understandable to a research user who is not necessarily a mission or instrument specialist.

These files are located in the catalog/ subdirectory. The directory contents are described by the catinfo.txt file.

Data Files

The data are contained in a single, flat ASCII table in the data/ subdirectory. A second ASCII file is provided which give the full citations for observations referenced in the data file:

Index Files

The index/ directory contains the required PDS index into the files in the data/ subdirectory. index/ directory.