PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME = "ROSETTA-ORBITER" OBJECT = TEXT PUBLICATION_DATE = 2008-05-25 INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII NOTE = "ASCII description of contents of this RPC-IES Archive" END_OBJECT = TEXT END ************ File AAREADME.TXT ************************ Acronyms: ========== RPC Rosetta Plasma Consortium Overview: ========= This data set contains instrument raw data obtained by the Ion and Electron Sensor (RPC-IES) onboard the Rosetta spacecraft from the first Earth Swingby (EAR1) in March 2005. The swingby took place between March 1 and March 7 2005 with the Closest Approach on March 4, 2005 at 22:09 UTC. In this data set only data in units of electron and ion counts can be found. EAR1 RPC-IES Data Archive ========================= a) S/C DATA =========== CODMAC Level/Type Data Type Data Content 2 / EDITED Data table Ion and electron counts The data can be found in the DATA directory. b) Supporting files =================== Supporting files for the archive user include PDS descriptions, documents, supplemental information, and searchable indices. These have been organized into three directories one level below the root: CATALOG, DOCUMENT, EXTRAS, and INDEX. Structure of the volume AAREADME.TXT (PDS required introduction to the data set) VOLDESC.CAT (PDS required volume description of the data only) ../CATALOG/CATINFO.TXT (list of catalog files) *.CAT (Mission, spacecraft, instrument, data, targets, references, personnel) ../DOCUMENT/DOCINFO.TXT (list of documents) /IES_EAICD/* (IES EAICD) ../EXTRAS/EXTRINFO.TXT (Description of the contents of EXTRAS) ENERGY_STEPS.TAB (Energy mapping step table ENERGY_STEPS.LBL (PDS LABEL file) ELEVATION_STEPS.TAB (Elevation mapping step table) ELEVATION_STEPS.LBL (PDS LABEL file) ../DATA/yyyy/mm/dd/*.TAB (Ion and electron data as ASCII tables) *.LBL (PDS LABELS for the IES data files) ../INDEX/INDXINFO.TXT (Description of the contents of the index directory) INDEX.TAB (Index of the data set in tabular format) INDEX.LBL (PDS LABEL file for INDEX.TAB) The Rosetta project decided that the data would be archived in the PDS format. Consequently, the layout of this volume and the labels for each file conform the PDS/PSA guidelines. Contact: ======== Data generated by: Brad Trantham Space Science and Engineering Division Southwest Research Institute 6220 Culebra Road San Antonio, TX 78230 United States btrantham@swri.org RPC-IES PI: Dr. Jim Burch Space Science and Engineering Division Southwest Research Institute 6220 Culebra Road San Antonio, TX 78230 United States jburch@swri.org