PDS_VERSION_ID           = PDS3
 
RECORD_TYPE              = FIXED_LENGTH
FILE_RECORDS             = 1791
RECORD_BYTES             = 93
^TABLE                   = "VL2C2HT.TAB"
 
DATA_SET_ID              = "VL1/VL2-M-LR-2-EDR-V1.0"
PRODUCT_ID               = "VL2C2HT.TAB"
PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME    = 2001-07-05T09:00:00
SPACECRAFT_NAME          = "VIKING LANDER 2"
INSTRUMENT_NAME          = "LABELED RELEASE MODULE"
TARGET_NAME              = MARS
OBSERVATION_TYPE         = "Viking Lander 2 Cycle 2 Sample"
START_TIME               = 1976-10-03T07:26:35
STOP_TIME                = 1976-10-23T07:06:35
 
OBJECT                   = TABLE
  INTERCHANGE_FORMAT     = ASCII
  ROWS                   = 1791
  ROW_BYTES              = 93
  COLUMNS                = 9
  DESCRIPTION            = "Head-end temperature measurements made during
    Viking Lander 2 Cycle 2. The head-end temperature sensor was in the lid
    of the LR sample cell. This cycle included two nutrient injections,
    which occurred at:
            Injection     MMT    Local Lander Time          UTC
                1       3043010    34/06:50:52     1976-10-08T18:05:35
                2       3394310    38/05:47:31     1976-10-12T19:40:35"
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 1
    NAME                 = TEMPERATURE
    DATA_TYPE            = ASCII_REAL
    START_BYTE           = 1
    BYTES                = 6
    DESCRIPTION          = "Temperature of Labeled Release head-end assembly
      sensor given in degrees celsius."
    FORMAT               = "F6.2"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 2
    NAME                 = MARS_MISSION_TIME
    DATA_TYPE            = ASCII_INTEGER
    START_BYTE           = 8
    BYTES                = 9
    DESCRIPTION          = "Mars mission time (MMT) is the number of
      seconds past midnight of Sol 0 (day of landing). Mars mission time
      is the primary time system used by the Labeled Release experiment.
      Additional time fields in this data set are derived from the Mars
      mission time."
    FORMAT               = "I9"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 3
    NAME                 = NATIVE_TIME
    DATA_TYPE            = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE           = 19
    BYTES                = 12
    DESCRIPTION          = "Native time is the local lander time given
      as a sol number followed by hours, minutes, and seconds past
      local midnight on that sol. A sol is a martian solar day with
      Sol 0 as day of landing. Native time is computed from Mars
      mission time assuming that a sol is 88775.241 seconds."
    FORMAT               = "A12"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 4
    NAME                 = OBSERVATION_TIME
    DATA_TYPE            = TIME
    START_BYTE           = 33
    BYTES                = 19
    DESCRIPTION          = "The UTC date and time of a given measurement.
      Observation time was computed from Mars mission time."
    FORMAT               = "A19"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 5
    NAME                 = HOURS_FROM_FIRST_INJECTION
    DATA_TYPE            = ASCII_REAL
    START_BYTE           = 53
    BYTES                = 9
    DESCRIPTION          = "This field gives the measurement time as
      hours since the first nutrient injection. Values are expressed
      as decimals. Negative values indicate times before the nutrient
      injection. This field is computed from Mars mission time."
    FORMAT               = "F9.3"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 6
    NAME                 = HOURS_FROM_SECOND_INJECTION
    DATA_TYPE            = ASCII_REAL
    START_BYTE           = 63
    BYTES                = 9
    DESCRIPTION          = "This field gives the measurement time as
      hours since the second nutrient injection. Values are expressed
      as decimals. Negative values indicate times before the nutrient
      injection. This field is computed from Mars mission time."
    FORMAT               = "F9.3"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 7
    NAME                 = SOLS_FROM_SOL_34
    DATA_TYPE            = ASCII_REAL
    START_BYTE           = 73
    BYTES                = 8
    DESCRIPTION          = "This field gives measurement time in terms of
      the number of sols since the start of Sol 34 (i.e., near the start
      of the measurement sequence). Values are expressed as decimals.  This
      field is computed from Mars mission time assuming the length of a sol
      is 88775.241 seconds."
    FORMAT               = "F8.4"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 8
    NAME                 = DELTA_MMT
    DATA_TYPE            = ASCII_INTEGER
    START_BYTE           = 82
    BYTES                = 6
    DESCRIPTION          = "The number of seconds between the current
      measurement and the previous one. This field is computed as the
      difference in Mars mission time between the current and previous
      measurements. Values greater than 960 seconds may indicate a data
      gap."
    FORMAT               = "I6"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
  OBJECT                 = COLUMN
    COLUMN_NUMBER        = 9
    NAME                 = OBSERVATION_NOTE
    DATA_TYPE            = CHARACTER
    START_BYTE           = 90
    BYTES                = 1
    DESCRIPTION          = "This field is used to note possible anomalous
      temperatures. This field contains an 'A' if the temperature is more
      than four standard deviations from the mean value of the surrounding
      100 temperature measurements."
    FORMAT               = "A1"
  END_OBJECT             = COLUMN
 
END_OBJECT               = TABLE
END