PDS_VERSION_ID         = PDS3 

RECORD_TYPE            = STREAM
INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME   = "PHOENIX"
INSTRUMENT_NAME        = {"MECA ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE",
                          "MECA COMMON ELECTRONICS",
                          "MECA THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PROBE",
                          "MECA WET CHEMISTRY LABORATORY"}
TARGET_NAME            = MARS
OBJECT                 = TEXT
  PUBLICATION_DATE     = 2009-04-29
  NOTE                 = "Notes and errata for the PHOENIX MECA Non-Imaging
                          EDR archive"
END_OBJECT             = TEXT
END 

Release 3, April 29, 2009

This release includes MECA Non-Imaging EDR (raw) data from the MECA
components AFM, TECP, WCL, and their common electronics for sols 91-150.

This release also includes calibration reports for the AFM, OM, TECP, and WCL 
components of MECA.

March 19, 2009

Two of the three MECA calibration reports have cleared ITAR review and are
now included in the CALIBRATION directory of the archive. The reports are
given in Adobe PDF format, which can be read using the free Adobe Acrobat 
Reader software from www.adobe.com. A detached PDS label describes each PDF 
file. The calibration reports include images, tables and graphs that are not 
reproducible in ASCII text or convertible to HTML, so no text or HTML 
versions of these files have been provided.

Release 2, February 23, 2009

This release includes MECA Non-Imaging EDR (raw) data from the MECA 
components AFM, TECP, WCL, and their common electronics for sols 31-90.

The calibration reports are still in ITAR review, and the software 
information and MECA WCL description documents mentioned below are still in
preparation. They will be included in the third and final Phoenix release,
scheduled for April 29, 2009.

Release 1, December 23, 2008

As of this release the MECA calibration reports are in review for ITAR 
compliance. They will be included in Release 2, scheduled for February 20, 
2009.

The file SOFTWARE/SOFTINFO.TXT is incomplete. It will be revised by the 
MECA Team to contain contact information for those looking to obtain
utilities to open or process MECA data products. The software utilities will
not become part of the MECA archive.

A document describing how the MECA WCL experiments were conducted is in 
preparation and will be included in Release 2.