CCSD3ZF0000100000001NJPL3IF0PDS200000001 = SFDU_LABEL /* Detached PDS label for the Goldstone Mars Altimetry data set */ RECORD_TYPE = FIXED_LENGTH RECORD_BYTES = 80 FILE_RECORDS = 46139 ^TABLE = "GMAR001A.DAT" OBJECT = TABLE INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII ROWS = 46139 COLUMNS = 8 ROW_BYTES = 80 /* Data set descriptive parameters */ DATA_SET_ID = "GSSR-M-RTLS-5-ALT-V1.0" TARGET_NAME = MARS EVENT_START_TIME = 1971-06-20T08:58:53Z EVENT_STOP_TIME = 1982-03-26T08:08:36Z EARTH_BASE_NAME = "GOLDSTONE SOLAR SYSTEM RADAR" EARTH_BASE_INSTITUTION_NAME = "JET PROPULSION LABORATORY" PRODUCER_FULL_NAME = "GEORGE S. DOWNS" NOTE = "Martian radii and elevations (relative to the 6 millibar reference surface) measured relative to JPL ephemeris DE_118. The data were obtained at Goldstone during the oppositions of 1971-1982. Present form of table generated by R. Mehlman, UCLA/IGPP. All fields are separated by commas. For reference, see Downs, G. S., P. E. Reichley, and R. R. Green, Radar measurements of martian topography and surface properties: The 1971 and 1973 oppositions, Icarus, 26, 273-312, 1975." /* Descriptions of each column in the file */ OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = JULIAN_DATE DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = DAYS START_BYTE = 1 BYTES = 15 FORMAT = 'F15.7' DESCRIPTION = "Julian date of received time. The number of mean solar days elapsed since the Julian epoch. Requires a double precision variable." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = CALENDAR_DATE DATA_TYPE = CHARACTER START_BYTE = 18 BYTES = 6 FORMAT = 'A6' DESCRIPTION = "Calendar date of received time, in the format YYMMDD." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = TIME DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = SECONDS START_BYTE = 25 BYTES = 6 FORMAT = 'I6' DESCRIPTION = "Received time in seconds relative to 0 hours Universal Time. Negative values represent times before 0 hours on the day specified." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = RADAR_FLIGHT_TIME DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = SECONDS START_BYTE = 32 BYTES = 14 FORMAT = 'F14.9' DESCRIPTION = "The round trip flight time for the radar signal. Requires a double precision variable." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = LONGITUDE DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = DEGREES START_BYTE = 48 BYTES = 6 FORMAT = 'F6.2' DESCRIPTION = "West longitude of bounce point." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = LATITUDE DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = DEGREES START_BYTE = 56 BYTES = 6 FORMAT = 'F6.2' DESCRIPTION = "Areographic latitude of point." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = RADIUS DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = KILOMETERS START_BYTE = 64 BYTES = 8 FORMAT = 'F8.3' DESCRIPTION = "Radius of Mars at point." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = ALTITUDE DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = KILOMETERS START_BYTE = 73 BYTES = 6 FORMAT = 'F6.3' DESCRIPTION = "Altitude relative to 6 millibar reference surface." END_OBJECT = COLUMN END_OBJECT = TABLE END