NOTE = "A FIPS flight software upload was implemented on 9/6/2007.
The FIPS_SCANTYPE column was introduced as a result. The values
for this column are not meant to be valid prior to 9/6/2007.
In addition, another flight software upload (FSW7) was done on
8/18/2009. As a result, the PRIORITY_DECIMATION column meaning
is different before FSW7. See the description for details."
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = MET
COLUMN_NUMBER = 1
BYTES = 16
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL
START_BYTE = 1
UNIT = SECOND
DESCRIPTION = "Mission Elapsed Time at the end of the accumulation."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = TIME
COLUMN_NUMBER = 2
BYTES = 21
DATA_TYPE = TIME
START_BYTE = 18
DESCRIPTION = "Spacecraft event time (UTC) for this data record."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = DATA_QUALITY
COLUMN_NUMBER = 3
BYTES = 8
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 40
DESCRIPTION = "Data quality flag, taking on values of 0 (good) and
1 (bad)."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = FIPS_SCANTYPE
COLUMN_NUMBER = 4
BYTES = 8
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 49
DESCRIPTION = "Indicates the FIPS Scan Mode and particle type.
Tables referenced here are one of the eight E/q stepping tables
loaded into the instrument. See the EPPS CDR SIS for details.
=0 Normal Scan Heavy Ion, =1 High Temp Scan Heavy Ion,
=2 Burst Scan Heavy Ion, =3 Test Scan Heavy Ion,
=4 Table 4 Heavy Ion, =5 Table 5 Heavy Ion,
=6 Table 6 Heavy Ion, =7 Table 7 Heavy Ion,
=8 Normal Scan Proton, =9 High Temp Scan Proton,
=10 Burst Scan Proton, =11 Test Scan Proton, =12 Table 4 Proton,
=13 Table 5 Proton, =14 Table 6 Proton, =15 Table 7 Proton."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = PRIORITY_DECIMATION
COLUMN_NUMBER = 5
BYTES = 7
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 58
DESCRIPTION = "Prior to FSW7 this column records the priority level
of the PHA data. 0 = High Priority, 1 = Medium priority, 2 = Low priority.
After FSW7 this column records the proton hardware decimation level for
proton PHAs or =99 for Heavy Ion PHAs."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = STEP_NUM
COLUMN_NUMBER = 6
BYTES = 4
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 66
DESCRIPTION = "E/q Step Number at which particle was measured.
Value may range 0-63."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = ENERGY_PER_CHARGE
COLUMN_NUMBER = 7
BYTES = 6
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL
START_BYTE = 71
UNIT = "keV/e"
DESCRIPTION = "E/q value corresponding to step number at which
particle was measured."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = X
COLUMN_NUMBER = 8
BYTES = 4
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 78
DESCRIPTION = "In FSW4, FSW5, and FSW7, X is computed as
[128*(w+(w-z)/5)/sum], and in FSW6, X is computed as
[ 96*(s+(s-z)/5)/sum] where
w = wedge - wedge_offset
s = strip - strip_offset
z = 14*(zigzag - zigzag_offset)/10
sum = w+s+z.
A value of -9999 means X is N/A."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = Y
COLUMN_NUMBER = 9
BYTES = 4
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 83
DESCRIPTION = "In FSW4, FSW5, and FSW7, Y is computed as
[128*(s+(s-z)/5)/sum], and in FSW6, Y is computed as
[100*(s+2*(s-z)/11)/sum] where
w = wedge - wedge_offset
s = strip - strip_offset
z = 14*(zigzag-zigzag_offset)/10
sum = w+s+z.
A value of -9999 means Y is N/A."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = ZENITH_ANGLE
COLUMN_NUMBER = 10
BYTES = 7
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL
START_BYTE = 88
UNIT = DEGREE
DESCRIPTION = "Incident zenith angle for particle. A value of -9999
means ZENITH_ANGLE cannot be properly calculated."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = AZIMUTHAL_ANGLE
COLUMN_NUMBER = 11
BYTES = 7
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL
START_BYTE = 96
UNIT = DEGREE
DESCRIPTION = "Incident azimuthal angle for particle. A value of -9999
means AZIMUTHAL_ANGLE cannot be properly calculated."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = TIME_OF_FLIGHT
COLUMN_NUMBER = 12
BYTES = 5
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 104
DESCRIPTION = "Time of flight in digital channels."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = TIME_OF_FLIGHT_NS
COLUMN_NUMBER = 13
BYTES = 5
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL
START_BYTE = 110
UNIT = NANOSECOND
DESCRIPTION = "Time of flight."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = WEDGE
COLUMN_NUMBER = 14
BYTES = 6
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 116
DESCRIPTION = "Wedge number. A value of -9999 means WEDGE is N/A."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = STRIP
COLUMN_NUMBER = 15
BYTES = 6
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 123
DESCRIPTION = "Strip number. A value of -9999 means STRIP is N/A."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = ZIGZAG
COLUMN_NUMBER = 16
BYTES = 6
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER
MISSING_CONSTANT= -9999
START_BYTE = 130
DESCRIPTION = "Zigzag number. A value of -9999 means ZIGZAG is N/A."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = MASS_PER_CHARGE
COLUMN_NUMBER = 17
BYTES = 10
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL
START_BYTE = 137
UNIT = "amu/e"
DESCRIPTION = "Estimated mass per charge (m/q) for particle."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
OBJECT = COLUMN
NAME = WEIGHT
COLUMN_NUMBER = 18
BYTES = 10
DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL
START_BYTE = 148
DESCRIPTION = "Weight for particle, includes instrument-related
factors such as efficiency and angle dependence."
END_OBJECT = COLUMN
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