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BINARY FIT DATA ``GRIDDED" FORMAT (FITG)

 
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