PDS_VERSION_ID      = PDS3
RECORD_TYPE         = STREAM

OBJECT              = TEXT
  PUBLICATION_DATE    = 2008-02-19
  NOTE                = "Description of contents of CATALOG directory"
END_OBJECT          = TEXT
END

The CATALOG directory contains mission, spacecraft (instrument host),
instrument, reference, personnel, data set, and target PDS catalog
objects for this archive.

Each catalog object is in ASCII, with a maximum of 72 characters per
line.  Each line is delimited with a carriage-return (ASCII 13)
line-feed (ASCII 10) pair.

This directory includes catalog files for MECA Non-Imaging RDR products.

The files are:

MECA_RDR_DS.CAT

A description of the MECA Non-Imaging RDR data set, including data from
the TECP, AFM, and WCL components of MECA.  

INSTHOST.CAT

A description of the 2007 Mars Phoenix spacecraft and a very brief
overview of the NASA Deep Space Network.

MECA_AFM_INST.CAT

An overview of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) component of MECA.

MECA_TECP_INST.CAT

An overview of the Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe (TECP) component 
of MECA.

MECA_WCL_INST.CAT

An overview of the Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) component of MECA.

MISSION.CAT

A brief description of the Phoenix mission.  It includes a chronology of
events, definition of mission phases, and science objectives.

PERSON.CAT

A listing of key people involved in producing the MECA Non-Imaging RDR 
archive.

REF.CAT

Listings of references cited in these catalog files.