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PROJECT MAGNET FORMAT 1976-1977 (MAGNETA)


COLUMNS       FMT           DESCRIPTION
  1-  2       A2            LINE NUMBER
  3-  4       I2            DEGREES OF LATITUDE
  5-  7       F3.1          MINUTES OF LATITUDE, IMPLICIT DECIMAL POINT
  8           A1            SIGN OF LATITUDE - N/S
  9- 11       I3            DEGREES OF LONGITUDE
 12- 14       F3.1          MINUTES OF LONGITUDE, IMPLICIT DECIMAL POINT
 15           A1            SIGN OF LONGITUDE - E/W
 16- 21       I6            DATE  (month, day, year)
 22- 27       I6            TIME (GMT)  (hours, minutes, seconds)
 28- 32       I5            TOTAL MAGNETIC INTENSITY  (nT)
 33- 37       I5            ALTITUDE ABOVE GROUND  (Meters)
 38- 40       A3            NAVIGATION DEVICE - ESG FOR ELECTROSTATIC GYRO
                                               - INS FOR MECHANICAL GYRO
 41- 44       I4            ELEVATION OF LOCAL TERRAIN  (Meters)


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