These files contains 80 kHz PWS waveform data from the waveform analyzer. The file structure is somewhat complex. The data file has a fixed length structure.

The first record is an ASCII header in a KEYWORD = VALUE construct similar to a PDS label. There is no information in that label that is not contained within the PDS label.

The second record contains a binary header which describes the file and some of the data acquisition parameters. This header is described in machine readable terms by the file EDRHDR.FMT.

The remaining records contain the data. Each data record has a 30 byte header (prefix) followed by n (n=1 or 10) groups of 864 waveform samples. The time between samples within a group is 0.00003968 seconds. The time between groups of samples is 1 RTI (0.06666 seconds). The contents of the data record header is described by the files ROWPFX.FMT.

File names are taken from the SCLK RIM and SCLK MOD91 of when the file starts. One example is "20901234.dat" for the file beginning at SCLK 03209012:34.

Mission description
Spacecraft description
PWS Instrument paper (SSR)
Instrument description, contains information not in the Space Science Reviews paper.
Data set description
PWS References

Trajectory Data
Geometry Information

Waveform File Format Description

Binary header format is described in the PDS format file: EDRHDR.FMT

Data format is described in the PDS format file: ROWPFX.FMT

Data filePDS Label
20920012.DAT 20920012.LBL
20920016.DAT 20920016.LBL
20920088.DAT 20920088.LBL
20920117.DAT 20920117.LBL
20920327.DAT 20920327.LBL
20920529.DAT 20920529.LBL
20920727.DAT 20920727.LBL
20920929.DAT 20920929.LBL

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