Magellan Altimetry and Radiometry Composite Data Record (ARCDR) Archive Bundle

Overview
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This PDS4 archive bundle contains Magellan Altimetry and Radiometry Composite
(ARCDR) products restored from the PDS dataset generated by the Magellan project
in the 1990s and distributed on a set of 19 CD-ROMs. The original data products
are binary data files stored using VAX data formats. The restored PDS4 bundle has
converted the VAX format to IEEE binary format that is widely used by current
computer systems. The PDS4 bundle also contains a number of browse products for
each ARCDR product that are plots of selected parameters from the binary data
files such as radius, slope, brightness temperature, etc. The bundle contains a
number of documents, some derived from the original CD-ROMS and a new user
guide, which includes information about how the PDS4 bundle was generated.


This bundle contains the following collections.

Browse - Plots of selected parameters from the ARCDR data files stored as JPEG
images

Data - There are three data collections in the bundle: altimetry, radiometry, orbit header

Document - a set of documents related to the ARCDR dataset, including a user guide

Miscellaneous - several index files about ARCDR products


Data Products and PDS4 Labels
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Every PDS4 data product is accompanied by a PDS label in a file with the same
name as the data file, but with the extension ".xml", as PDS4 labels are written
in XML (Extended Markup Language). The labels may be viewed in a text editor or
web browser, preferably one that applies special formatting to XML files to make
them more readable. The labels may also be read by software that can interpret
XML.

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This bundle was created and archived by the Geosciences Node of the Planetary
Data System. Questions about this bundle may be directed to
geosci@wunder.wustl.edu.

Last updated 2024-01-17.