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Common satellite format from the old FIT modeling program
COLUMNS FMT DESCRIPTION
1- 4 I*4 MODIFIED JULIAN DAY (MJD)
5- 8 I*4 MILLISECOND OF DAY
9- 12 R*4 WEIGHT, USED TO SELECT GRIDDING INFO
13- 16 R*4 DIPOLE LATITUDE
17- 20 R*4 TIME IN YEARS FROM 1900
21- 24 R*4 GEOCENTRIC LATITUDE
25- 28 R*4 LONGITUDE
29- 32 R*4 NOT USED
33- 36 R*4 NOT USED
37- 40 R*4 NOT USED
***IF DATA ARE IN GEOCENTRIC COORDINATES, DATA PTS 11-13 ARE***
41- 44 R*4 NORTH COMPONENT (-Btheta or Satellite X-Axis)
45- 48 R*4 EAST COMPONENT (Bphi or Satellite Y-Axis)
49- 52 R*4 SATELLITE Z AXIS COMPONENT (along-track)
***IF DATA ARE IN SPACECRAFT COORDINATES, DATA PTS 11-13 ARE***
41- 44 R*4 CROSS TRACK COMPONENT
45- 48 R*4 RADIALLY DOWN COMPONENT
49- 52 R*4 ALONG TRACK COMPONENT
53- 56 R*4 SCALAR TOTAL INTENSITY
57- 60 I*4 GEOCENTRIC ALTITUDE (Meters) ABOVE EARTH
61- 64 R*4 RESIDUAL OF X
65- 68 R*4 RESIDUAL OF Y
69- 72 R*4 RESIDUAL OF Z
73- 76 R*4 RESIDUAL OF B
77- 80 I*4 NUMBER OF DATA POINTS FOR TYPE X, Y, Z, B
IN 5 deg X 5 deg BIN
81- 84 R*4 SIGMA OF RESIDUALS ABOUT THE MEAN FOR
TYPE X, Y, Z, OR B IN 5 deg X 5 deg BIN
85- 88 I*4 MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR X AXIS
89- 92 I*4 MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR Y AXIS
93- 96 I*4 MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR Z AXIS
97-100 I*4 MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR TOTAL
101-104 R*4 AVERAGE OF RESIDUALS FOR TYPE X, Y, Z, B
IN 5 deg X 5 deg BIN
105-108 R*4 SPARSE DATA SIGMA
109-112 R*4 Dst
Joy Conrad
Thu Mar 13 12:14:17 EST 1997