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Ulysses Jupiter Encounter
ULYSWICS_1
Planetary Data System
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Introduction
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This single data set volume was originally a part of the remake of the PDS
volume ULY_5001 that was produced for the ESA Special Publication 1230.
This disk contains information submitted to the Planetary Data System (PDS)
by the Ulysses investigators, for the Ulysses Jupiter Encounter, 1992-01-25
to 1992-02-17 (days 25-48 inclusive).
Every effort has been made to assure that the data are of the best quality
available. However, the PDS and the Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) Node
in particular, assume no liability for this disk or its contents. All users
are encouraged to verify the 'correctness' of the data prior to submitting
any publications or other work based on these data.
Brief Disk Description
This volume is organized into the following principal sub-directories:
CATALOG PDS catalog templates describing the Ulysses mission,
spacecraft, instruments, data sets, key personnel and references
DOCUMENT documents describing instruments, data sets, or software
contained on this volume
INDEX index of all user files contained on this volume
More information on directory structure is contained in the section entitled
'Volume Contents and Structure.' Novice users, however, may ignore all files
and directories except for the 'Important Files and Directories' listed
below.
Important Files and Directories
All data files are stored in ASCII (.TAB) format files, in the /DATA branch
of the directory tree. The content of each data file is described by a
detached PDS label file (.LBL). A single format file (.FMT), which is
pointed to by the label file (^STRUCTURE), describes the data file's
internal structure or record format. The files DATASET.TXT and INFO.TXT
provide additional information about data set and directory contents.
An *INFO.TXT file (e.g. CATINFO.TXT, etc.), containing a description of the
directory tree and sub-directory contents, is located in every directory
immediately below the root. The INFO.TXT files provided on selected data
sub-directories contain detailed descriptions of the directories on which
they are located.
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Documents
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The documents provided in this volume (in the /DOCUMENT sub-directories)
include copyrighted materials previously published in Astronomy and
Astrophysics Supplement Series, Ulysses Instruments Special Issue, Vol. 92,
No. 2, pp 207-440, January 1992. These materials appear with the permission
of Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A). A&A retains Copyright over these
articles. Please see the Copyright statement appearing at the beginning of
each of the A&A articles.
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File Formats
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All of the label, table, and text files are ASCII with CR/LF (VAX/IBM-PC)
format.
All files in this volume are described by detached or combined detached PDS
labels. PDS labels have a file extension of '.LBL' and generally have the
same name as the file which it describes. All PDS label files in this volume
are completely PDS Standards Version 3.2 compliant.
Data files are stored in ASCII (.TAB) format. ASCII file records are
generally fixed length with space delimited fields or columns. Refer to the
label (.LBL) and format (.FMT) files for information about the format and
structure of a specific data file.
This volume contains copies of documents associated with the data provided.
These documents are reproduced in both plain ASCII text (.ASC) and HTML
(.HTM) versions. Figures, tables and equations from the original documents
have been scanned and are provided in GIF89A format.
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Errata
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For a description of any errors known at the time of the production of this
volume, please refer to the file ERRATA.TXT found on the root directory.
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Volume Contents and Structure
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The tree diagram below provides a listing and brief description of the
contents and key files of the root directory and instrument sub-directories
of the /DATA directory. Note that some files may be omitted from this
description. Each file on this volume (with the exception of *.CAT files) is
associated with a PDS label file (.LBL) which describes its content and
characteristics. For more information, please refer to the *INFO.TXT files
located on each of the sub-directories of the root directory, or the
INFO.TXT files located on the individual data sub-directories.
Square brackets ([]) denote directories. Please note also that the /DATA
directory is listed out of alphabetical order to make this tree more
readable.
ULYSWICS_1 (root directory)
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|- AAREADME.TXT describes volume contents and organization (this file)
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|- ERRATA.TXT file describing errors and anomalies found on this
| volume
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|- VOLDESC.CAT high level description of volume contents
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|-[CATALOG] Contains metadata associated with this volume
| including mission, instrument host (spacecraft),
| instrument, data set, personnel and reference
| descriptions and information (*.CAT files).
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|-[DOCUMENT] Contains mission, software, and instrument
| sub-directories which contain documents relating to
| the data set. An ASCII version (*.ASC), with
| tables and equations reproduced using ASCII
| characters, is provided for each document. HTML
| versions (*.HTM) are also provided for selected
| documents. Figures, tables and some equations have
| been scanned and provided in GIF89A format (*.GIF).
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|-[INDEX] Contains a listing including file name, location, and
volume and data set association for all user files
contained on this volume.
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Contacts
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The person most directly responsible for the construction and release of
this volume is Mr. Steven Joy. He was the PPI Node Data Administrator at the
time this disk was created and understands as much about the disk structure
and data organization as anyone. The construction of the PDS labels and
templates was done by Mr. Joe Mafi. Other PPI personnel who may be aware of
about issues related to this volume include Dr. Raymond Walker, the PDS/PPI
node manager.
For questions or problems regarding this volume, please contact the PDS/PPI
PDS 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 90095-156704
For questions regarding PDS Standards or other volumes available from the
PDS, please contact PDS Operator at the PDS Central Node (at JPL):
Internet pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov
Telephone (818) 354-4321
U.S. Mail Planetary Data System, PDS Operator
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Mail Stop 202-101
Pasadena, CA 91109
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