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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