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Cassini Orbiter
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
Calibrated Data Archive
Planetary Plasma Interactions Discipline Node
of the
Planetary Data System
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Introduction
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This volume contains data from the Cassini Orbiter Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
(CAPS) calibrated data set. This includes the following data products:
Electron Spectrometer data (ELS)
Ion Beam Spectrometer data (IBS)
Ion Mass Spectrometer ion data (ION)
Ion Mass Spectrometer singles data (SNG)
Ion Mass Spectrometer 'time of flight' linear electric field data
(TOFLEF),
Ion Mass Spectrometer 'time of flight' straight through data
product (TOFST).
Data coverage includes 2004-001 (Jan 1) to 2012-154 (Jun 2).
A complete description of the design of this volume is given in the CAPS
archive volumes Software Interface Specification (SIS). An electronic copy
of this document is located on this volume in the /DOCUMENT/CAPS_SIS
directory.
This volume is intended for the use of scientists and students in the study
of solar wind and planetary energetic and neutral particles. The data may be
used for research and publication.
This volume complies with Planetary Data System (PDS) standards, Version
3.8, described in Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) document JPL D-7669.
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Volume format
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The disk is organized into a hierarchical directory structure. The disk
contains both the Universal Disk Format (UDF) and the ISO 9660 (level 2)
file system standards in order to accommodate users on a wide variety of
platforms.
All science data are located under the DATA directory. The INDEX directory
contains a listing of all of the data products included on this volume. The
CATALOG directory contains PDS documentation describing the mission,
spacecraft, instrument, and data set. These include:
CO_MISSION.CAT Cassini-Huygens mission description
CO_INSTHOST.CAT Cassini orbiter spacecraft description
CO_CAPS_INST.CAT CAPS instrument description
CO_CAPS_CALIBRATED_DS.CAT CAPS calibrated data set description
CO_CAPS_REF.CAT CAPS reference information
CO_CAPS_PERS.CAT CAPS personnel contact information
CO_PROJREF.CAT Cassini Project reference information
Additional information on volume organization is given in the SIS
(described above), and in section the 'Volume Contents' below.
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File formats
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The data files (*.DAT) are provided in flat IEEE binary format. Each data
file is accompanied by a detached PDS label file (*.LBL), an ASCII file
containing information describing the data file and data record format. The
data record structure is described in a separate format (*.FMT) file, which
is referenced in the label file with a pointer ("^STRUCTURE").
Catalog files (.CAT extension) are provided in ASCII format.
Document files describing the volume, the data and data-calibration software
are included in the volume. These files are given in MS Word, HTML and ASCII
formats.
Text files and detached label files contain 80-byte fixed-length ASCII
records, with a carriage-return character (ASCII 13) in the 79th byte and a
line-feed character (ASCII 10) in the 80th byte. This format allows the files
to be read by MacOS, DOS, UNIX and VMS operating systems. Note that while
both label and catalog files are ASCII, some operating systems will not
recognize the .LBL and .CAT extensions as ASCII types. It may be necessary to
either remap these extensions as ASCII in the system or text browser, or else
to open the files from within the text browser.
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Volume contents
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The files on this volume are organised into one Root directory containing
several subdirectories. The following table shows the structure and content
of these directories. In the table, directory names are enclosed in square
brackets, upper-case letters indicate an actual directory or file name, and
lower-case letters indicate the general form of a set of directories or file
names.
DIRECTORY OR FILE CONTENTS
COCAPS_2001
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|- AAREADME.TXT This file
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|- ERRATA.TXT Description of known anomalies on this volume
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|- VOLDESC.CAT Description of the contents of this volume
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|- [CATALOG] Catalog files describing mission and dataset
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|- [DATA] CAPS data products
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|- [DOCUMENT] Electronic documents describing the instrument
| and data set
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|- [INDEX] Index files relating to this volume
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Related PDS Products
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Errata
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Every effort has been made to ensure that the data and documentation are of
the best possible quality. However, mistakes are inevitable. The PPI Node of
the PDS will maintain an online list of ERRATA where errors and updates are
documented. Should any user of this product find an error on this volume,
please report the error to the PPI Node so that the finding can be made
public. All users are encouraged to verify the correctness of the data prior
to submitting any publications or other work based on these data.
There is a file called ERRATA.TXT found at the root level of this volume
which contains a list of known deficiencies or caveats associated with data
on this volume at the time this DVD was published. Any changes or errors that
are found on this or any COCAPS_1XXX volume can be found at the PDS/PPI
website (http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/ditdos?errata=COCAPS_1XXX).
If you find an error on this disk, please report the error to the PDS
Operator at the PPI Node of the PDS.
Email pds_operator@igpp.ucla.edu
Telephone (310) 206-6073
U.S. Mail PDS Operator
c/o Dr. Raymond Walker
UCLA - IGPP
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
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Contacts
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This volume was produced for the Planetary Data System (PDS) at the Planetary
Plasma Interactions (PPI) node. The data and associated metadata were produced
by Dr. Robert Wilson and provided by Judy Furman of the Cassini CAPS team at
the South West Research Institute in San Antonio, TX. The volume was assembled
at the PPI node by Joseph N. Mafi.
For questions or problems regarding this volume, please contact the PDS/PPI
operator:
Email pds_operator@igpp.ucla.edu
Telephone (310) 206-6073
U.S. Mail PDS Operator
c/o Dr. Raymond Walker
3845 Slichter Hall
UCLA - IGPP
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
For questions regarding PDS Standards or other archive volumes available from
the PDS, please contact PDS Operator at the PDS Central Node (at JPL):
Email pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov
Telephone (818) 354-4321
U.S. Mail Planetary Data System, PDS Operator
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 202-101
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
A list of personnel in the Cassini CAPS team that were involved in the
production of this volume is given in /CATALOG/CO_CAPS_PERS.CAT.
PDS and the Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) Node in particular, assume
no legal liability for errors on this volume. All users are encouraged to
verify the 'correctness' of the data prior to submitting any publications or
other work based on these data. Errors on this disk should be reported to
the PPI Node of the PDS through the ERRATA reporting procedures described
above.
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