Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME NEAR MAG DATA FOR EROS/SURFACE
DATA_SET_ID NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-EROS/SURFACE-V1.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID 96-008A-03A
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION This data set contains the NEAR magnetometer (MAG) data for the EROS/SURFACE phase.
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION
Data Set Overview
    =================
      This data set contains the NEAR magnetometer (MAG) data for
      the EROS/SURFACE phase. The data set begins on
      2001-02-13T00:00:00.000  and ends 2001-02-28T23:59:59.999 .
      The data are raw telemetry data, provided in engineering units,
      that have been reformatted into FITS file format (NASA Office
      of Science and Technology (NOST), 100-1.0). In addition to the
      raw magnetometer data, a calibration file and algorithm are
      available. This data set is archived as a set of CDROM images
      as a part of the NEAR EDR volume set.
 
      The data set directory structure is shown below. The first volume of
      the set is the only volume which contains CATALOG, DOCUMENT
      and other non-data subdirectories. Subsequent volumes contain
      only DATA and INDEX subdirectories in order to minimize duplication.
 
      Volume 1 directory structure:
 
          |-CATALOG--
          |
          |-DATA-----
          |
          |          |-INSTRUMENT-|-CALPAPER---
          |-DOCUMENT-|
          |          |-MISSION----|-OVERVIEW---
          |                       |-TECHDIGEST-
          |-GEOMETRY-
          |
          |-INDEX----
 
      Volume 2-n directory structure
 
          |-DATA-----
          |-INDEX----
 
 
      Directory Name  Description
      --------------  -------------
 
      CATALOG         Templates for the mission, instrument host,
                      instrument, and data set.
 
      DATA            Instrument FITS data files and data labels.
 
      DOCUMENT        Documentation of the instrument and mission are
                      provided as ASCII text and may also be available in
                      the original PostScript, PDF or MS Word format.
                      Articles from the Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest
                      are provided for an overview of the NEAR mission.
                      The instrument subdirectory contains documentation
                      describing the instrument and the in flight
                      calibration of instrument data.
 
      GEOMETRY        This directory contains only a GEOMINFO.TXT file.
                      A separate GEOMETRY volume contains all of the SPICE
                      kernels in text transfer format for the mission phase
                      and the supporting the supporting documentation.
 
      INDEX           INDEX TABLES for this CD and the volume set
                      describing times and key data file parameter values.
 
     -------------------------------------------------------
 
 
    Parameters
    ==========
      The definitions for the data set parameters and other keywords are
      given in the file MAGDEFINITIONS.TXT contained in the
      DOCUMENT/INSTRUMENT subdirectory.
 
 
    Data
    ====
      The data are in the form of FITS files with attached FITS headers
      and detached PDS labels. Files contain all data for one day.
 
 
    Ancillary Data
    ==============
      GEOMETRY subdirectory is described above.
 
 
    Media/Format
    ============
      This data set is released as a CDROM set.
 
 
    Processing History
    ==================
      The processing history includes no background, noise, geometry or
      other corrections.
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 2001-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 2001-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 2001-02-28T11:59:59.999Z
MISSION_NAME NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS
MISSION_START_DATE 1996-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 2001-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
TARGET_NAME EROS
TARGET_TYPE ASTEROID
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID NEAR
INSTRUMENT_NAME MAGNETOMETER
INSTRUMENT_ID MAG
INSTRUMENT_TYPE MAGNETOMETER
NODE_NAME Small Bodies
ARCHIVE_STATUS ARCHIVED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE
Data Quality Flag
    =================
      Each data file label includes a quality flag string in the
      DATA_QUALITY_ID keyword, extracted from the FITS keyword NEAR-008 of
      the original data label. The fields of this keyword are defined
      below.  Data quality defects flag is raised when there is missing
      data other fields informational and not quality related. The eight
      characters of this field are described below.
 
      Definition - Data Quality Index
                c0 = Data Quality Flag (0=good,1=flagged for quality
                     defects)
                c1 = Instrument number for FC, CTP and AIU (1 or 2)
                c2 - c6 = Processing Flags not quality related
                c7 = CCDS Source (0=VC0, 1=VC1, 2=VC2, 3=VC3)
 
    Review
    ======
      This data set underwent external peer review within PDS in June,
      2000.
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Holland, D.B., and M. Sharlow, NEAR MAG DATA FOR EROS/SURFACE, NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-EROS/SURFACE-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2001.
ABSTRACT_TEXT This data set contains the NEAR magnetometer (MAG) data for the EROS/SURFACE phase. The data set begins on 2001-02-13T00:00:00.000 and ends 2001-02-28T23:59:59.999 . The data are raw telemetry data, provided in engineering units, that have been reformatted into FITS file format (NASA Office of Science and Technology (NOST), 100-1.0). In addition to the raw magnetometer data, a calibration file and algorithm are available. This data set is archived as a set of CDROM images as a part of the NEAR EDR volume set.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME DOUGLAS B. HOLLAND
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