PDS_VERSION_ID            = PDS3

RECORD_TYPE               = FIXED_LENGTH
RECORD_BYTES              = 221
FILE_RECORDS              = 2756
DESCRIPTION               = "SR_INDEX.TAB lists all the MET science
                             and housekeeping reduced data record
                             files collected during the Surface phase
                             of the Mars Pathfinder mission, along
                             with a few parameters describing them."
^INDEX_TABLE              = "SR_INDEX.TAB"

DATA_SET_ID               = "MPFL-M-ASIMET-3-RDR-SURF-V1.0"
MISSION_NAME              = "MARS PATHFINDER"
INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME      = "MARS PATHFINDER LANDER"
INSTRUMENT_NAME           = "ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE INSTRUMENT /
                             METEOROLOGY PACKAGE"

OBJECT                    = INDEX_TABLE
  INTERCHANGE_FORMAT      = ASCII
  ROW_BYTES               = 221
  ROWS                    = 2756
  COLUMNS                 = 14
  INDEX_TYPE              = SINGLE
  INDEXED_FILE_NAME       = "*.TAB"

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = PRODUCT_ID
    DATA_TYPE             = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE            = 2
    BYTES                 = 17
    FORMAT                = "A17"
    DESCRIPTION           = "A permanent, unique identifier assigned
                             to each data product."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = VOLUME_ID
    DATA_TYPE             = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE            = 22
    BYTES                 = 9
    FORMAT                = "A9"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Identifies the volume containing the
                             named file."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = PATH_NAME
    DATA_TYPE             = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE            = 34
    BYTES                 = 25
    FORMAT                = "A25"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Path on CD volume to directory containing
                             file."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = FILE_NAME
    DATA_TYPE             = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE            = 62
    BYTES                 = 11
    FORMAT                = "A11"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Name of file in archive."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = SESSION_NUMBER
    DATA_TYPE             = ASCII_INTEGER
    START_BYTE            = 75
    BYTES                 = 4
    FORMAT                = "I4"
    DESCRIPTION           = "The identifying number of the data taking
                             session."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = SPACECRAFT_CLOCK_START_COUNT
    DATA_TYPE             = ASCII_REAL
    START_BYTE            = 80
    BYTES                 = 14
    FORMAT                = "F14.3"
    DESCRIPTION           = "The value of the lander clock (in
                             seconds) when the data taking session was
                             initiated."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = SPACECRAFT_CLOCK_STOP_COUNT
    DATA_TYPE             = ASCII_REAL
    START_BYTE            = 95
    BYTES                 = 14
    FORMAT                = "F14.3"
    DESCRIPTION           = "The value of the lander clock (in
                             seconds) when the data taking session was
                             ended."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = START_TIME
    DATA_TYPE             = TIME
    START_BYTE            = 110
    BYTES                 = 24
    FORMAT                = "A24"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Date and time at which the data taking
                             session was initiated, recorded in UTC
                             system format.  Shown as 
                             YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.fffZ"
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = STOP_TIME
    DATA_TYPE             = TIME
    START_BYTE            = 135
    BYTES                 = 24
    FORMAT                = "A24"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Date and time at which the data taking
                             session ended, recorded in UTC system 
                             format.  Shown as YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.fffZ"
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = START_PLANET_DAY_NUMBER
    DATA_TYPE             = ASCII_INTEGER
    START_BYTE            = 160
    BYTES                 = 2
    FORMAT                = "I2"
    DESCRIPTION           = "The Martian day (ie., sidereal day, equal
                             to a rotation of 360 degrees) on which
                             the data taking session was initiated.
                             Starts with 1 as the first day of surface
                             operations, the day the spacecraft landed.
                             0 refers to pre-surface data."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = START_LOCAL_TIME
    DATA_TYPE             = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE            = 164
    BYTES                 = 12
    FORMAT                = "A12"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Local time at the lander site on the
                             surface of Mars when the data taking
                             session was initiated, measured in local
                             hours, minutes, and seconds, from
                             midnight.  Local hours are defined as
                             one twenty-fourth of a local solar day.
                             Local minutes are one sixtieth of a
                             local hour, and local seconds are one
                             sixtieth of a local minute.  Format is
                             hh:mm:ss.  Based on the IAU standard
                             for the Martian prime meridian.  See
                             [DAVIESETAL1994] for more details."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = STOP_PLANET_DAY_NUMBER
    DATA_TYPE             = ASCII_INTEGER
    START_BYTE            = 178
    BYTES                 = 2
    FORMAT                = "I2"
    DESCRIPTION           = "The Martian day on which the data taking
                             session ended."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = STOP_LOCAL_TIME
    DATA_TYPE             = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE            = 182
    BYTES                 = 12
    FORMAT                = "A12"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Local time at the lander site on the
                             surface of Mars when the data taking
                             session ended."
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

  OBJECT                  = COLUMN
    NAME                  = PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME
    DATA_TYPE             = TIME
    START_BYTE            = 196
    BYTES                 = 24
    FORMAT                = "A24"
    DESCRIPTION           = "Defines the UTC time an archived product
                             was created or last modified.  Has the 
                             form YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.fffZ"
  END_OBJECT              = COLUMN

END_OBJECT                = INDEX_TABLE
END