This directory contains the PLS Browse data set which a set of spectra from selected ion and electron detectors (P2, P4, P6, E4) and energy ranges. The data are provided in a simple tabular format as separate ASCII files (95341_??.TAB). The "94341" in the file name represents the year and day-of-year that the data was taken, specifically December 7, 1995. Each data file is described by a detached PDS label. Since the strucrture of the three ion detector files is identical, except for which detector is acquiring the data, the format of these files is included in a separate file (PLS_ION.FMT) rather than repeating the information in each of the label files.

Additional information about these data is available in the data set catalog file PLSBRODS.CAT which is located in the CATALOG directory off the root of this disk. Information on the instrument can be found in the Space Science Reviews instrument paper which is located in the DOCUMENT/PLS directory.

Mission description
Spacecraft description
PLS Instrument document
Data set description
PLS References
S/C Events that impact PLS

Trajectory Data
Geometry Information

There are four data files provided:

Data Descriptiondata filePDS labelPLS Ion data format
Electron data in the E/Q range 3.9 - 48790 Volts 95341_E4.TAB 95341_E4.LBL
Ion P2 detector data for E/Q 4.2 - 52521 Volts 95341_P2.TAB 95341_P2.LBL PLS_ION.FMT
Ion P4 detector data for E/Q 4.2 - 52521 Volts 95341_P4.TAB 95341_P4.LBL PLS_ION.FMT
Ion P6 detector data for E/Q 4.2 - 52521 Volts 95341_P6.TAB 95341_P6.LBL PLS_ION.FMT

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