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.
Dataset 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
20961438.DAT 20961438.LBL
20961543.DAT 20961543.LBL
20961648.DAT 20961648.LBL
20961753.DAT 20961753.LBL
20961858.DAT 20961858.LBL
20961963.DAT 20961963.LBL
20962068.DAT 20962068.LBL
20962173.DAT 20962173.LBL
20962278.DAT 20962278.LBL
20962383.DAT 20962383.LBL
20962488.DAT 20962488.LBL
20962602.DAT 20962602.LBL

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