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MAGSAT INVESTIGATOR B (INVB)


COLUMNS         FMT             DESCRIPTION
HEADER RECORD:
  1-  4         I*4             1= HEADER RECORD
  5-  8         I*4             1= NEXT RECORD IS HEADER
                                2= NEXT RECORD IS DATA
  9- 12         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY AT START OF PASS
 13- 16         I*4             PASS (ORBIT) NUMBER STARTING AT THE POINT AT
                                   WHICH THE SATELLITE CHANGES FROM SOUTH-GOING
                                   TO NORTH-GOING
 17- 24         (2)R*4          E,I AT ASCENDING NODE
 25- 32         (2)R*4          E,I AT DESCENDING NODE
 33- 40         (2)I*4          MILLISECONDS OF DAY AT:
                                   1= ASCENDING NODE
                                   2= DESCENDING NODE
 41- 48         (2)R*4          LOCAL MEAN SUN TIME (Hours) AT:
                                   1= ASCENDING NODE
                                   2= DESCENDING NODE
 49- 56         (2)R*4          LONGITUDE AT:
                                   1= ASCENDING NODE
                                   2= DESCENDING NODE
 57- 64         (2)I*4          MAGNETIC ACTIVITY INDEX AT:
                                   1= ASCENDING NODE
                                   2= DESCENDING NODE
 65- 88         (2,3)R*4        SPARE
 89-136         (2,6)R*4        DISTURBANCE STORM TIME COEFFICIENTS
                                   Dst(1,J)= ASCENDING NODE
                                   Dst(2,J)= DESCENDING NODE
137-256         (30)R*4         COMMENTS RELATING TO THE FIELD MODEL
257-260         I*4             MAXIMUM VALUE OF SUBSCRIPTS IN GH
261-264         I*4             MAXIMUM VALUE OF SUBSCRIPTS IN GHT
265-268         I*4             1= USE EXTERNAL FIELD
269-272         R*4             TIME AT WHICH FIELD MODEL IS VALID
273-276         R*4             MEAN EARTH RADIUS FOR FIELD MODEL CALCULATIONS
277-1432        (17,17)R*4      FIELD MODEL COEFFICIENTS IN nT
                                   GNM= GH(N,M)
                                   HNM= GH(M-1,N)
1433-2216       (14,14)R*4      TIME DERIVATIVES OF GH (nT/YR)
2217-2228       (3)R*4          EXTERIOR FIELD MODEL COEFFICIENTS
DATA RECORD:
  1-  4         I*4             2= DATA RECORD
  5-  8         I*4             1= NEXT RECORD IS HEADER
                                2= NEXT RECORD IS DATA
  9- 12         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY FOR FIRST POINT IN DATA RECORD
 13- 16         I*4             MILLISECONDS FOR FIRST POINT IN THE DATA RECORD
 17- 20         I*4             CURRENT PASS NUMBER
 21- 24         I*4             TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN POINTS IN THIS
                                   DATA RECORD (MSEC)
 25-3024        (30,25)R*4      DATA VALUES FOR 25 VARIABLES AT 30 POINTS IN TIME
                                DATA(*,I)
                                   I=1, GEOCENTRIC LATITUDE
                                   I=2, LONGITUDE
                                   I=3, RADIUS (KM)
                                   I=4, MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME
                                   I=5, INVARIANT LATITUDE
                                   I=6, DIP LATITUDE
                                   I=7, MAGNITUDE OF MEASURED MAGNETIC FIELD
                                         FROM SCALAR DATA (Gammas)
                                   I=8, MAGNITUDE OF MEASURED MAGNETIC FIELD
                                         FROM VECTOR DATA (Gammas)
                                   I=9, X COMPONENT MEASURED (Gammas)
                                         (NEV COORDINATES)
                                   I=10, Y COMPONENT MEASURED (Gammas)
                                         (NEV COORDINATES)
                                   I=11, Z COMPONENT MEASURED (Gammas)
                                         (NEV COORDINATES)
                                   I=12, AVERAGE OF 80 MEASURED VECTOR CHRONICLE
                                         POINTS CORRESPONDING TO THIS POINT
                                   I=13, AVERAGE OF 80 X COMPONENT CHRONICLE
                                         POINTS CORRESPONDING TO THIS POINT
                                   I=14, AVERAGE OF 80 Y COMPONENT CHRONICLE
                                          POINTS CORRESPONDING TO THIS POINT
                                   I=15, AVERAGE OF 80 Z COMPONENT CHRONICLE
                                         POINTS CORRESPONDING TO THIS POINT
                                   I=16, STANDARD DEVIATION OF 80 MEASURED VECTOR
                                          CHRONICLE POINTS AROUND THIS POINT
                                   I=17,  STANDARD DEVIATION OF 80 X COMPONENT
                                          CHRONICLE POINTS AROUND THIS POINT
                                   I=18,  STANDARD DEVIATION OF 80 Y COMPONENT
                                          CHRONICLE POINTS AROUND THIS POINT
                                   I=19,  STANDARD DEVIATION OF 80 Z COMPONENT
                                          CHRONICLE POINTS AROUND THIS POINT
                                   I=20,  MAGNITUDE OF MAGNETIC FIELD PREDICTED
                                          FROM THE MODEL (Gammas)
                                   I=21,  X PREDICTED FROM THE MODEL (Gammas)
                                   I=22,  Y PREDICTED FROM THE MODEL (Gammas)
                                   I=24,  Z PREDICTED FROM THE MODEL (Gammas)
                                   I=25,  SPARE


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