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DYNAMICS EXPLORER 1 PROCESSED ASCII (DE1P)


COLUMNS         FMT             DESCRIPTION
  1-  2         I2              YEAR
  3-  5         I3              DAY OF YEAR
  6- 13         I8              MILLISECONDS OF DAY
 14- 27         F14.5           RADIAL MAGNETIC COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
 28- 41         F14.5           THETA MAGNETIC COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
 42- 55         F14.5           PHI MAGNETIC COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
 56- 64         F9.1            RADIAL MODEL COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
 65- 73         F9.1            PHI MODEL COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
 74- 82         F9.1            RADIAL MODEL COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
 83- 90         F8.3            SATELLITE ALTITUDE - RELATIVE TO THE GEOID
 91- 98         F8.3            GEOMAGNETIC LONGITUDE
 99-106         F8.3            GEOMAGNETIC LATITUDE
107-111         F5.1            MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME
110-116         F5.1            INVARIANT LATITUDE
Geomagnetic Spherical (GMS) coordinates are based on the 1980 GSFC model [Langel et al., 1980a]
with Br positive radially outward from the Earth, Bphi is positive toward the East,
and Btheta completes the right-handed system.


Joy Conrad
Thu Mar 13 12:14:17 EST 1997