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COLUMNS FMT DESCRIPTION
1- 4 I*4 YEAR
5- 8 I*4 DAY OF YEAR
9- 12 I*4 MILLISECONDS OF DAY
13- 16 I*4 INSTRUMENT MODE AT TIME MEASUREMENTS ARE TAKEN
17- 20 R*4 RADIAL MAGNETIC COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
21- 24 R*4 THETA MAGNETIC COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
25- 28 R*4 PHI MAGNETIC COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
29- 32 R*4 RADIAL MODEL COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
33- 36 R*4 PHI MODEL COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
37- 40 R*4 RADIAL MODEL COMPONENT (GMS COORDINATES nT)
41- 44 R*4 SATELLITE ALTITUDE - RELATIVE TO THE GEOID
45- 48 R*4 GEOMAGNETIC LONGITUDE
49- 52 R*4 GEOMAGNETIC LATITUDE
53- 56 R*4 MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME
57- 60 R*4 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