*************** FORMAT.SFD file *************** CCSD1F00000100000034CCSD1R00000300000014 DELIMITER=EOF; CCSD1C00000400000013 ADI=NSSD1I00 ; CCSD1R00000300000036 DELIMITER=SMARKER; TYPE=CCSD1K000002; SUBM_NAME: Dr. Paul Gazis SUBM_ADDR: Mail Stop 245-3 NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 Electronic Mail: 24609::GAZIS gazis@24.479.span.nasa.gov gazis@arwen.span.nasa.gov Telephone: 415-604-5704 SUBM_DATE: 17-JUN-1996 TITLE: Format for Pioneer 10 and 11 Plasma Analyzer Summary Data Set DESCR: Format description of the Pioneer 10 and 11 Plasma Summary (high resolution) Data Set archive, 1972 t0 1992 REL_DATE: 17-JUN-1996 CCSD1R00000300000018 DELIMITER=EMARKER; CCSD1R00000300000032 DELIMITER=EOF; TYPE=CCSD1D000002; FILE_TYPE_NAME: PnnVxxyySUM.DAT RECORD_TYPE_NAME: Pioneer 10 or 11 plasma analyzer Summary (high resolution) data RECORD_STRUCTURE: DEC variable length record, no control fields. RECORD_LENGTH: 110 Bytes (two bytes are a DEC-style record length identifier, the remaining 108 bytes are 27 4-byte real words of data). RECORD_FIELD_MNEMONICS: SCID, YRDAY, SEC, RAD, HLONG, HLAT, CHISQ, BADREC, BSCA, BMAG, BAZM, BPOL, none, DBMAG, DBAZM, DBPOL, TEM, DEN, VEL, AZM, POL, DTEM, DDEN, DVEL, DAZM, DPOL, DPROC RECORD_SYNTAX: 27 fields per record in the following order: SCID, YRDAY, SEC, RAD, HLONG, HLAT, CHISQ, BADREC, BSCA, BMAG, BAZM, BPOL, none, DBMAG, DBAZM, DBPOL, TEM, DEN, VEL, AZM, POL, DTEM, DDEN, DVEL, DAZM, DPOL, DPROC. There are no delimiters between fields in the record. Records are terminated by the standard ASCII "carriage-return line-feed." Field_Name: SCID Field_Mnemonic: SCID Field_Units: ASCII characters Field_Resolution: n/a Field_Range: n/a Field_Description: Spacecraft ID SCID = 'P10x' for Pioneer 10 where 'x' is an identifier that specifies the processing scheme SCID = 'P11 ' for Pioneer 11 Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable containing ASCII characters Field_Name: YRDAY Field_Mnemonic: YRDAY Field_Units: Real year and day numbers Field_Resolution: 1 day Field_Range: 78268.0 to 95250.0 Field_Description: Real number containing year (19YY) and the day of year (DDD) in the form (YYDDD.0) Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: SEC Field_Mnemonic: SEC Field_Units: seconds Field_Resolution: n/a Field_Range: 0.0 to 86400.0 Field_Description: Real number containing time in seconds of day from 0.0 to 86400.0 Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: RAD Field_Mnemonic: RAD Field_Units: kilometers Field_Resolution: Accurate to approximately 1.0E+05 km Field_Range: 1.5E+08 to 1.0E+10 Field_Description: Heliocentric distance in kilometers Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: HLONG Field_Mnemonic: HLONG Field_Units: degrees of angle Field_Resolution: Accurate to approximately to 0.1 degree Field_Range: 0.0 to 360.0 Field_Description: Ecliptic longitude of s/c in degrees Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: HLAT Field_Mnemonic: HLAT Field_Units: degrees of angle Field_Resolution: Accurate to approximately to 0.1 degree Field_Range: -90.0 to 90.0 Field_Description: Ecliptic latitude of s/c in degrees Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: CHISQ Field_Mnemonic: CHISQ Field_Units: dimensionless Field_Resolution: n/a Field_Range: 0.0-1.0 Field_Description: Formal value of chi-squared from the least-squares fit software used to calculate plasma parameters Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: BADREC Field_Mnemonic: BADREC Field_Units: dimensionless Field_Resolution: n/a Field_Range: -100.0 to 100.0 Field_Description: Data quality index. ABS( BADREC) < 5.0 Good data 5.0 < ABS( BADREC) < 15.0 Good data 15.0 < ABS( BADREC) < 25.0 Less reliable data 25.0 < ABS( BADREC) Bad data Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: Average absolute value of B Field_Mnemonic: BSCA Field_Units: gamma Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: Approximately 0.0 to 1000.0 Field_Description: Space to hold average of the absolute value of the interplanetary magnetic field. Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: BMAG Field_Mnemonic: BMAG Field_Units: gamma Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: Approximately 0.0 to 1000.0 Field_Description: Space to hold average of the magnitude of the average interplanetary magnetic field. Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: BAZM Field_Mnemonic: BAZM Field_Units: degrees of angle Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: -360.0 to 360.0 Field_Description: Space to hold the azimuthal (E/W) angle of the average interplanetary magnetic field. Zero points TOWARDS the sun (?) and positive values point towards the EAST (?). Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: BPOL Field_Mnemonic: BPOL Field_Units: degrees of angle Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: -360.0 tp 360.0 Field_Description: Space to hold the polar (N/W) angle of the average interplanetary magnetic field. Zero points TOWARDS the sun (?) and positive values point towards the NORTH (?). Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: RMS dispersion in average of magnitude of B Field_Mnemonic: none Field_Units: gamma Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Space to hold the RMS dispersion in average of magnitude of B. Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DBMAG Field_Mnemonic: DBMAG Field_Units: gamma Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Space to hold the RMS dispersion in magnitude of magnitude of B. Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DBAZM Field_Mnemonic: DBAZM Field_Units: degrees Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Space to hold the RMS dispersion in azimuthal (E/W) angle of the average interplanetary magnetic field. Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DBPOL Field_Mnemonic: DBPOL Field_Units: gamma Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Space to hold the RMS dispersion in polar (N/S) angle of the average interplanetary magnetic field. Currently empty! Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: TEM Field_Mnemonic: TEM Field_Units: Degrees Kelvin Field_Resolution: Should be accurate to 20% when T > 10,000 K. Should be accurate to 40% when 10,000 K > T > 5,000 K. Unreliable when T < 5,000 K. Field_Range: approximately 0.0 to 1.0E+06 Field_Description: Solar wind proton temperature Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DEN Field_Mnemonic: DEN Field_Units: number / cm ** 3 Field_Resolution: Should be accurate to 20% at at Pioneer 11 and at Pioneer 10 prior to 1992. Should be accurate to 50% at Pioneer 10 after 1992 (Detector A Total Flux Measurements). WARNING! These Pioneer 10 Detector A Total Flux densities (SCID = 'P10E' or 'P10G') appear to be 50% higher than densities from the other measurement schemes when solar wind temperatures are low! Field_Description: Solar wind proton number density Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: VEL Field_Mnemonic: VEL Field_Units: km / sec Field_Resolution: Should be accurate to 2-5 km / sec Field_Range: approximately 200.0 to 1500.0 Field_Description: Solar wind speed Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: AZM Field_Mnemonic: AZM Field_Units: degrees Field_Resolution: Unknown, but may be approximately 3 degrees at Pioneer 11 and at Pioneer 10 prior to 1983. Unreliable at Pioneer 10 after 1983. Field_Range: -180.0 to 180.0 Field_Description: Azimuthal (E/W) angle of the solar wind bulk velocity in the RTN system. Zero points AWAY from the sun and positive values point towards the EAST (in the direction of planetary rotation). Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: POL Field_Mnemonic: POL Field_Units: degrees Field_Resolution: Unknown, but may be approximately 3 degrees at Pioneer 11 and at Pioneer 10 prior to 1983. WARNING: Unreliable at Pioneer 10 after 1983! Field_Range: -90.0 to 90.0 Field_Description: Polar (N/S) angle of the solar wind bulk velocity in the RTN system. Zero points AWAY from the sun and positive values point towards the NORTH. Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DTEM Field_Mnemonic: DTEM Field_Units: degrees Kelvin Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in proton temperature (K) calculated by the least squares fit software. Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DDEN Field_Mnemonic: DDEN Field_Units: number / cm**3 Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the proton density calculated by the least squares fit software. Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DVEL Field_Mnemonic: DVEL Field_Units: km / sec Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the solar wind speed calculated by the least squares fit software. Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DAZM Field_Mnemonic: DAZM Field_Units: degrees Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the azimuthal flow angle calculated by the least squares fit software. Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DPOL Field_Mnemonic: DPOL Field_Units: degrees Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the polar flow angle calculated by the least squares fit software. Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: DPROC Field_Mnemonic: DPROC Field_Units: Real year and day numbers Field_Resolution: 1 day Field_Range: --- Field_Description: Real number containing processing date in the form (YYDDD.0) Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable { end of file occurs here }