IMP-J Plasma Data

Copyright WDC C1 for STP at RAL.

Plasma data files have the following structure.

 
  Name          Dimens  Type   Width  Decimal  NullValue   Units
  ------------  ------  ----  ------  -------  ---------  ------
  Time               5  B          2        -        255       -
  SC                 1  B          2        -          0       -
  Density            1  R          6        1   -1.00000       -
  Speed              1  R          6        1   -1.00000       -
  Fl_lng             1  R          6        3   99.99899       -
  Fl_lat             1  R          6        3   99.99899       -
  S_den              1  R          6        1   -1.00000       -
  S_vel              1  R          6        1   -1.00000       -
  S_long             1  R          6        3   -1.00000       -
  S_lat              1  R          6        3   -1.00000       -
  N_den              1  S          3        -          0       -
  N_vel              1  S          3        -          0       -
  N_long             1  S          3        -          0       -
  N_lat              1  S          3        -          0       -

Field Definitions

A summary of field definitions is available separately.

Field Types

  Code  Data Type                     Storage
  ----  ----------------------------  -------
     C  CHARACTER                     1 byte
     P  DOUBLE PRECISION REAL         8 bytes
     R  REAL                          4 bytes
     I  INTEGER                       4 bytes
     S  SMALL INTEGER                 2 bytes
     B  BYTE (unsigned integer 0-255) 1 byte