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2016-06-15 SwRI:BTCarcich
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files, in DOCUMENT/AAA_GENERIC_README/
sub-directory, that describe New Horizons
data set contents in general terms.
Be sure to read the Required Reading
mentioned below before using the data in
this archive.
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This is the top-level information file in the DOCUMENT/AAA_GENERIC_README/
sub-directory of a New Horizons (NH) Planetary Data Systems (PDS) data set.
The files in this sub-directory compose a generic map to information about the
data set in which it is delivered.
There is a minimal amount of data set-specific information in these files
because all NH data sets are organized in a similar fashion.
For data set-specific information, refer to the data set catalog file
CATALOG/DATASET.CAT.
Boilerplate disclaimer
======================
All NH raw and calibrated data sets were generated in similar fashion by
an automated pipeline; as such, much of the information that follows is
boilerplate common to all such NH data sets. Refer to the data set
catalog (CATALOG/DATASET.CAT) and documentation (DOCUMENT/), as well as
the data set-specific and instrument-specific documents referred to in
the Required Reading list below, for information specific to the
instrument and data of this data set.
Introduction
============
Science data content
--------------------
This document provides an overview of this dataset of
the New Horizons (NH)
MVIC PLUTO Calibrated VERSION 3.0
Data Archive, including a general listing of the dataset contents.
This dataset contains flight data obtained during the
Pluto encounter
mission phase of the New Horizons mission, taken by the
Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera
instrument of the New Horizons spacecraft.
Refer to the data sequence list file
DOCUMENT/SEQ_MVIC_PLUTO.*
for descriptions of the sequences that generated these data
(see also Note 2 below).
General statements about NH PDS data sets
=========================================
Extensive preparation is necessary to properly understand and interpret
the data in this data set. Although some detail is provided here, this
file is only intended as an introduction to and starting point for this
data set; refer to the Required Reading section below for further
guidance.
Start and stop times
--------------------
The start and stop times of data products in some NH data sets may
overlap the ***NOMINAL*** start and stop times, i.e.
2015-01-15T00:00:00 and 2016-10-31T00:00:00 UTC,
respectively, of that mission phase (see also Note 1 below).
See the Mission catalog file NH.CAT in the /CATALOG/ directory for a
description of the New Horizons mission, including a description of
mission phases.
Note 1: Because single data products may span from milliseconds to days
of data, their start time may precede, or their stop times may
follow, the mission ***NOMINAL*** phase start or stop times,
respectively. Refer to CATALOG/DATASET.CAT for the exact start
and stop times of data in this data set.
Note 2: Some planned sequences in that list were not executed, due to
operational considerations such as spacecraft safing events, so
some sequences will have no corresponding data.
Meta-files in this directory (DOCUMENT/AAA_GENERIC_README/)
===========================================================
AAARINFO.TXT This file; generic readme introduction
B_REQUIRED_READING.TXT Required Reading
C_FILE_FORMATS.txt File formats summary
D_PROCESSING_LEVEL.TXT Processing levels: Raw; Calibrated
E_FILENAMES.TXT Data Filenames and Product IDs
F_DIRECTORY.TXT Data directory naming convention and rationale
G_SOFTWARE.TXT Suggested FITS & PDS software
H_PDS_LABELS.TXT PDS label overview and details